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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

638 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2007



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BELL TX-

638 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR

WESTERN BELL COUNTY...



AT 635 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN BELL 

COUNTY.  THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING OVER KILLEEN AND TO THE 

SOUTH OF KILLEEN NEAR STILLHOUSE HOLLOW LAKE. 



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

KILLEEN...HARKER HEIGHTS AND FORT HOOD



RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS HAVE ESTIMATED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

ALREADY FALLEN JUST SOUTH OF KILLEEN. FLOODED ROADWAYS AND HIGH 

WATER RESCUES ARE OCCURRING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 

INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN BELL COUNTY THROUGH 8 PM.



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. 



LAT...LON 3106 9791 3092 9783 3087 9762 3098 9751

      3119 9769



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