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WGUS74 KFWD 101704

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1204 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2005



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BELL TX-

1204 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN

BELL COUNTY...



AS OF 1204 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS HAD REPORTED THAT 

SEVERAL ROADS WERE EITHER FLOODED OR IMAPASSABLE IN THE AREA IN AND 

AROUND KILLEEN...WITH WATER FLOWING INTO NUMEROUS RESIDENTIAL 

STRUCTURES ACROSS THE COUNTY.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

METEOROLOGISTS ALSO DETECTED A LARGE AREA LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL 

AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTOMRS OCCURRING ACROSS BELL COUNTY.



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

TEMPLE...NOLANVILLE...LITTLE RIVER-ACADEMY...HARKER HEIGHTS AND 

BELTON.



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.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3080 9736 3097 9718 3112 9716 3106 9789



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