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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

919 PM CDT THU APR 20 2006



TXC027-210345-

BELL TX-

919 PM CDT THU APR 20 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR BELL

COUNTY...



AT 919 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A 

THUNDERSTORM WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN BELL COUNTY 

MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.



THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING HAVE PRODUCED RAINFALL OF 1 TO 

LOCALLY 3 INCHES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN FLASH 

FLOODING OF SMALL 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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3081 9740 3084 9741 3091 9772 3120 9762

      3125 9727 3099 9710 3092 9724 3084 9730

      3081 9730 3080 9735



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