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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

837 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005



TXC027-309-101445-

MCLENNAN TX-BELL TX-

837 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005



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

MCLENNAN COUNTIES...



AT 836 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN SCATTERED OVER MUCH OF 

BELL COUNTY. WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN...WITH POCKETS OF 

HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED OVER MCLENNAN COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 

15 MPH.



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

TROY...TEMPLE...ROBINSON...NORTHCREST...NOLANVILLE...MOODY... 

MCGREGOR...LORENA...KILLEEN...HEWITT ...HALLSBURG...CRAWFORD... AND 

BELLMEAD.



REPORTS OF ROAD CLOSURES AND FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM ACROSS 

BOTH COUNTIES. RAINFALL OF UP TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE 

ACROSS BELL COUNTY. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL HAS DECREASED OVER MCLENNAN 

COUNTY...THE CONTINUED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THE 

ONGOING FLOODING SITUATION.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING ALONG 

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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

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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