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TXZ148-162-072100-



BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

130 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE FOLLOWING

COUNTIES...



  FREESTONE       HENDERSON





...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



  ANDERSON        LEON



UNTIL 400 PM CDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON...



AS OF 130 PM...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER 

MOST OF ANDERSON AND LEON COUNTIES.  HEAVIER DOWNPOURS OF 4 TO 6 

INCHES FELL OVER SOUTHERN ANDERSON AND EASTERN LEON COUNTIES...OR 

NEAR THE TOWNS OF ELKHART...SLOCUM...OAKWOOD...AND HOPEWELL.  

ALTHOUGH FLASH FLOODING HAS NOT BEEN REPORTED THUS FAR...THE SOILS 

IN THESE AREAS ARE NEAR SATURATION.  ANY HEAVY DOWNPOUR COULD RESULT 

IN FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE ALLIGATOR...BOX...MANSON... 

OR KEECHI CREEKS.



RAINFALL HAS NOT BEEN AS HEAVY IN FREESTONE AND HENDERSON COUNTIES 

DURING THE LAST 24 HOURS.  THOUGH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...FLASH FLOODING IS NOT 

LIKELY GIVEN THE HEAVY VEGETATION AND RELATIVELY DRIER SOILS.  

THEREFORE...FREESTONE AND HENDERSON COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN THE 

FLASH FLOOD WATCH.



IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING 

IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER 

RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE 

FLASH FLOOD THREAT.



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