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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1124 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



  ANDERSON        LEON            ROBERTSON



UNTIL 400 PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON.



LIGHT RAINFALL CONTINUED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGHOUT THE 

MORNING HOURS...WITH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES GENERALLY LESS THAN A 

TENTH OF AN INCH. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BECOME MORE 

WIDESPREAD AND A LITTLE HEAVIER THIS AFTERNOON. 



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED OVER EIGHT 

INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD ALREADY FALLEN IN PARTS OF THE WATCH AREA. 

ANY ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE FLASH 

FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS LOW SPOTS AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE 

AREAS.



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED INTO TONIGHT.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY ENGULF YOUR VEHICLE AND ITS

OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY.

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