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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

745 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM FOR PARKER COUNTY IN

NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.



AT 745 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE

OF THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN FROM GAINESVILLE...TO EAGLE MOUNTAIN

LAKE IN NORTHWEST TARRANT COUNTY...TO A LITTLE SOUTH OF

WEATHERFORD. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH IN THE NORTH...BUT

WAS MOVING VERY LITTLE IN EASTERN PARKER COUNTY. NEAR TWO INCHES OF

RAIN HAS LIKELY FALLEN...AND FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW

LYING AREAS HAS PROBABLY OCCURRED.



REMEMBER...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.



THE STORMS WERE SHOWING A SLIGHT TENDENCY TO WEAKEN...AND IT IS

EXPECTED THAT THE RAIN AND FLOODING IN PARKER COUNTY WILL DECREASE BY

915 PM.



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