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WGUS74 KFWD 100936

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

431 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005



TXC099-101115-

CORYELL TX-

431 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR CORYELL

COUNTY...



AT 431 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN GATESVILLE AND 

OGLESBY.  LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING IN 

GATESVILLE.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

GATESVILLE...FORT GATES...OGLESBY...AND MOTHER NEFF STATE PARK. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 3123 9767 3134 9743 3154 9757 3170 9769

      3146 9817



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