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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1211 PM CST THU FEB 15 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TODAY FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS

   OF NORTH TEXAS...



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THAT PART OF

NORTH TEXAS ALONG AND EAST OF A GAINESVILLE...WEATHERFORD...

GATESVILLE LINE. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MINERAL

WELLS...SHERMAN...PARIS ...DALLAS AND FORT WORTH...HILLSBORO...

WACO...TEMPLE...CORSICANA...PALESTINE....CANTON...AND SULPHUR

SPRINGS.



MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD

OVER A NEARLY STATIONARY COLD FRONT LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF A

LONGVIEW...WACO...TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE.  THIS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE

AND LIFT...IN COMBINATION WITH ENERGY FROM AND APPROACHING UPPER

LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RAIN

AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON...

ESPECIALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A CANTON...HILLSBORO...TO GOLDTHWAITE

LINE.  SOUTH AND EAST OF THIS LINE...SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS

WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS BY MID AFTERNOON AND WIDESPREAD RAIN AND

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED THIS EVENING.



WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE

WATCH AREA...HOWEVER SOME ISOLATED TWO INCH AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR.

THESE AMOUNTS...COUPLED WITH NEARLY SATURATED GROUNDS...COULD CAUSE

SUFFICIENT RUNOFF TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD

WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS

RISING.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION

STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISIONS SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER

STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL FLASH FLOOD EVENT.



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