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WGUS74 KFWD 101200

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

700 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005



TXC145-101330-

FALLS TX-

700 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR FALLS

COUNTY...



AT 659 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR 

WESTPHALIA AND BLEVINS...TO MARLIN...AND EAST TO NEAR KOSSE. 

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MARLIN AND 

GOLINDA. FALLS COUNTY E.M.S. HAS REPORTED FLOODING OVER HIGHWAY 77 

NEAR GOLINDA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 1.5 INCHES IS LIKELY... 

WHICH WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOOD SITUATION.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN FORT

WORTH.



LAT...LON 3104 9708 3123 9666 3151 9681 3128 9728



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