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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1056 AM CST SAT JAN 13 2007



TXC027-331-131745-

BELL TX-MILAM TX-

1056 AM CST SAT JAN 13 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM CST FOR

MILAM AND BELL COUNTIES...



AT 1054 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

CLUSTERS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER BELL AND MILAM 

COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS NEAR TROY...EAST OF KILLEEN...AND 

WEST OF CAMERON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

TROY...TEMPLE...NOLANVILLE...MORGANS POINT RESORT AND BELTON.



THE BELL COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS 

ACROSS THE COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS OBSERVED OVER CENTRAL 

TEXAS...WHICH MAY MOVE INTO NORTH TEXAS BY MIDDAY. THUS...ADDITIONAL 

WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY.



LAT...LON 3089 9757 3075 9727 3048 9715 3075 9663

      3112 9683 3100 9708 3128 9727 3126 9734

      3133 9743 3113 9766



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