Flash Flood Warning issued for Bell County until 10:00 PM
Below is the full text of the recently–issued Flash Flood Warning from the National Weather Service. The warning has been extended to 10:00 PM.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
BELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL TEXAS
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 454 PM CDT
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN. THIS RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO EXCESSIVE WATER RUNOFF
AND CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. LOW-LYING AREAS ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO
RAPIDLY RISING WATER. SOME LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY FLOOD AND BECOME
IMPASSABLE.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE
TEMPLE
HARKER HEIGHTS
BELTON
NOLANVILLE
MORGAN'S POINT RESORT
SALADO
LITTLE RIVER-ACADEMY
TROY
BARTLETT
ROGERS AND
HOLLAND.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
TURN AROUND
DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
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