Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

May 1, 2004, 2:05 AM CDT (07:05 UTC)

Expired

May 1, 2004, 5:00 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County McLennan County, TX

000 
WGUS54 KFWD 010705
FFWFTW
TXC309-011000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
205 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MCLENNAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT

* AT 205 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
  HEAVY CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH ACROSS MCLENNAN
  COUNTY. RADAR TRENDS INDICATE THAT HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR
  SEVERAL MORE HOURS ACROSS MUCH OF MCLENNAN COUNTY...LEADING TO
  FLASH FLOODING. ONE INCH OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN 1 AND 2 AM AT THE
  WACO REGIONAL AIRPORT. MAJOR STREET FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN
  THE WACO AND CRAWFORD AREAS. 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BELLMEAD...BEVERLY HILLS...
  LACY-LAKEVIEW...NORTHCREST...WACO AND WOODWAY

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE 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.

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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3152 9757 3136 9742 3160 9685 3182 9701

$$

000 
WGUS74 KFWD 010815
FFSFTW
TXC309-011000-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
315 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MCLENNAN COUNTY UNTIL 500 AM
CDT...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS 
MCLENNAN COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING. AT 312 AM...RADAR SHOWED THE 
HEAVIEST RAINS OCCURRING NEAR WOODWAY AND WACO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 
25 MPH. 

RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN MAY 
HAVE FALLEN IN AN AREA EXTENDING FROM NEAR CRAWFORD...TO NORTH OF 
WACO...TO NEAR WEST. ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN MAY FALL THROUGH 5 AM 
BEFORE THE RAIN BEGINS TO DIMINISH. 

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. KNOW YOUR
LOCATION IN RELATION TO STREAMS...RIVERS OR CREEKS THAT CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH RISING WATER.
DO NOT CROSS AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING...EVEN ON FOOT. RAPIDLY
FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET.

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT
NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.
USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND STREAMS...CREEKS OR DRAINAGE DITCHES. TAKE
THE SHORTEST PATH TO REACH HIGHER GROUND...BUT DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH
RISING WATER.

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES.
RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP
THEM AWAY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN THE WATER...ABANDON IT
IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3146 9750 3129 9738 3152 9682 3180 9700

$$

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