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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1117 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN REDEFINED...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS CANCELED THE FLASH

FLOOD WATCH FOR HAMILTON...HOOD...MONTAGUE...PARKER...SOMERVELL...

AND WISE COUNTIES.



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG AND EAST OF A

GAINESVILLE...TO CLEBURNE...TO LAMPASAS LINE. THIS INCLUDES

SHERMAN...PARIS...WACO...TEMPLE...KILLEEN...CORSICANA...PALESTINE...

AND THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX.



AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH...A SURFACE TROUGH...AND A TROPICAL AIR

MASS...WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL HAS

OCCURRED DURING THE LAST 36 HOURS...SOUTHEAST OF A LAMPASAS...TO

ATHENS LINE...AND ACROSS THE METROPLEX. THESE AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE

RAPID RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN THAT COULD FLOOD STREETS AND LOW LYING

AREAS QUICKLY.



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.



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.

IF YOU VEHICLES STALLS...ABANDON IT AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY ENGULF YOUR VEHICLE AND ITS

OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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