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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

928 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTION OF

NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT...



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A

LAMPASAS...TO WACO...TO PALESTINE LINE. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE

FOLLOWING COUNTIES...ANDERSON...BELL...CORYELL...FALLS...FREESTONE...

LAMPASAS...LEON...LIMESTONE...MCLENNAN...MILAM AND ROBERTSON.



WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FELL TODAY ACROSS THE FLASH FLOOD

WATCH AREA. THIS RAIN...ALONG WITH THE RAIN THAT WE RECEIVED

MONDAY...HAS SATURATED THE GROUND.  ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE RAIN HAD

ENDED ACROSS THE REGION AT MID EVENING...ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT MAY

OCCUR LATE TONIGHT.  SINCE ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WOULD RESULT IN

FLASH FLOODING...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT

OVERNIGHT.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS RAPIDLY RISING WATER OR FLOODING IS

POSSIBLE WITHIN THE INDICATED AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...BE

READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS

ISSUED.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND STREAMS...CREEKS OR

DRAINAGE DITCHES. TAKE THE SHORTEST PATH TO REACH HIGHER GROUND...BUT

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH RISING WATER.

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