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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

118 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT THURSDAY

AFTERNOON FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

     ANDERSON...HENDERSON...LEON AND VAN ZANDT



IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

     HILL...LIMESTONE...ELLIS...NAVARRO...MCLENNAN AND FREESTONE



IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

     ROBERTSON AND MILAM



AT 117 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD 

MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN FROM ROCKDALE...TO PALESTINE...TO 

CANTON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS RAINFALL IS EXPECTED 

TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS

AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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