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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1045 AM CST SAT MAR 24 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM FOR COLLIN...

FANNIN...HUNT...AND GRAYSON COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.



A NEARLY STATIONARY AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER

THESE COUNTIES LATE THIS MORNING. RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN TWO AND

THREE INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE ALREADY FALLEN...AND THE ADDITIONAL

RAIN JUST AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION FURTHER. FLOODING OF CREEKS...

STREAMS...AND LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY.



REMEMBER...MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  DO NOT DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE

BARRICADES. KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM FLOODED CREEKS AND DRAINAGE

AREAS.



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

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

STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS FLASH FLOOD EVENT.



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