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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

809 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005



TXC293-101415-

LIMESTONE TX-

809 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005



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

COUNTY...



AT 807 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT A WIDESPREAD AREA OF MODERATE RAIN...WITH POCKETS OF HEAVY 

RAIN...OVER MUCH OF LIMESTONE COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER THE 

SOUTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY...EAST OF THORNTON AND KOSSE. MOVEMENT 

WAS EAST AT 15 MPH.



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

STATE PARK...MEXIA AND GROESBECK.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR IS EXPECTED...MAINLY 

OVER THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. THE LIMESTONE COUNTY 

SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS COVERED WITH WATER ACROSS THE 

COUNTY...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.



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.



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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