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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

148 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT THURSDAY

AFTERNOON FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

     DELTA...LAMAR...RAINS AND HOPKINS



IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

     HUNT



AT 146 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FROM PARIS...TO GREENVILLE...TO EMORY...AND 

EXTENDING SOUTHWESTWARD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. AREAS 

WHICH RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN MAY EXPERIENCE PONDING AND LOCALIZED 

FLOODING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS AREA OF RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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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