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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

707 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005



TXC293-101415-

LIMESTONE TX-

707 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR LIMESTONE

COUNTY...



AT 706 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A 

BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH EASTERN 

LIMESTONE COUNTY...FROM NEAR MEXIA TO NEAR HARMONY. MOVEMENT WAS 

EAST AT 15 MPH.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORT PARKER

STATE PARK AND MEXIA.



RAINFALL OF UP TO 1.5 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE COUNTY SINCE 

615 AM CDT. THE LIMESTONE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED WATER OVER 

SEVERAL ROADS IN THE GROESBECK AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...ROADS AND 

FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING 

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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 3126 9657 3142 9628 3177 9650 3169 9687



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