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WGUS74 KFWD 101238

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

736 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005



TXC027-309-101445-

MCLENNAN TX-BELL TX-

736 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR BELL AND

MCLENNAN COUNTIES...



AT 734 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR 

HEWITT...TO NEAR KILLEEN...TO BELTON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

MOODY...WACO...ROBINSON...MCGREGOR...LORENA...LACY-LAKEVIEW... 

HEWITT...HALLSBURG...CRAWFORD...AND BELLMEAD.



RAINFALL OF UP TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR IS LIKELY OVER THE WARNING 

AREA...ESPECIALLY OVER BELL AND SOUTHERN MCLENNAN COUNTIES. THIS 

RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE ONGOING FLOODING SITUATION.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS 

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

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

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. LESS THAN THREE FEET

OF OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN

AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3106 9789 3081 9735 3106 9717 3131 9728

      3153 9684 3180 9704 3157 9756 3131 9741



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