Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Fort Worth, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
 545AM CDT WED MAY 17 1989

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BOSQUE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED
   THE THUNDERSTORM HAS BECOME LESS INTENSE AND IS NO LONGER SEVERE...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY FOR PART OF CENTRAL
   TEXAS...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND
   NORTH TEXAS...

AT 535AM CDT WACO WEATHR RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS...SCATTERED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS AND A FEW VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
THROUGH MUCH OF CENTRAL TEXAS.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE OCCURRING IN HILL
COUNTY 15 MILES NORTHWEST AND 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HILLSBORO AND IN
MCLENNAN COUNTY 10 MILES EAST AND 18 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF WACO.
MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  THE STRONGER
STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...FLASH FLOODING
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL.
 
THE ALREADY RAINSOAKED GROUNDS ARE CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH THE ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAINFALL NOW OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS.  IN BOSQUE
COUNTY BRIDGES ARE REPORTED TO BE UNDER WATER ON FM 927 BETWEEN MORGAN
AND LAKESIDE.  PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE HEAVIER RAINFALL ARE URGED TO
NOT TO ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER AREAS.  ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES COULD
BE DAMAGED OR WASHED AWAY...SO DO NOT ASSUME THE AREA WOULD BE SAFE TO
CROSS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR T.V. STATIONS)
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.06