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WGUS74 KFWD 261332

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

829 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007



TXC027-261430-

BELL TX-

829 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM CDT FOR

EASTERN BELL COUNTY...



AT 828 AM CDT...THE VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY 

WITH LITTLE RAIN CURRENTLY FALLING OVER BELL COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TROY...TEMPLE

AND MORGANS POINT RESORT



CONTINUED RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO THREATEN 

KEEP SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES WITH 

ADDITIONAL FLOODING. COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3084 9752 3078 9732 3101 9708 3128 9728

      3133 9744 3125 9756



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