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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1013 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005



TXC145-091615-

FALLS TX-

1013 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR FALLS 

COUNTY...



AT 1010 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

WIDESPREAD MODERATE RAIN...WITH POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN...OVER MUCH OF 

FALLS COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED EXTENSIVE FLOODING ON HIGHWAY 320 IN THE 

WESTPHALIA AREA. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL ACROSS THE COUNTY THIS 

MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY...BE 

EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 3/4 INCH PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE ACROSS 

THE COUNTY. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF FLASH 

FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 



THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY

DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED

ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A COUPLE FEET OF SWIFTLY

FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3102 9707 3123 9665 3130 9670 3129 9724



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