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WGUS74 KFWD 101319

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

818 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005



TXC099-101415-

CORYELL TX-

818 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005



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

COUNTY...



AT 816 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED AN 

AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OVER ESATERN CORYELL 

COUNTY...GENERALLY EAST OF GATESVILLE AND COPPERAS COVE. MOVEMENT 

WAS EAST AT 15 MPH.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PURMELA...

GATESVILLE...FORT GATES AND ARNETT.



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA...THE CORYELL 

COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING CONTINUING 

ACROSS THE COUNTY. THE BRIDGE ON GREENBRIAR ROAD EAST OF GATESVILLE 

WAS WASHED OUT...AND NUMEROUS ROADS ARE REPORTED UNDER WATER. TRAVEL 

ACROSS THE COUNTY WILL BE HAZARDOUS THIS MORNING...SO TRAVEL WITH 

EXTREME CAUTION IF YOU MUST BE OUT.



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 3117 9772 3132 9741 3166 9768 3152 9787

      3145 9802



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