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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1140 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING

FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

     FREESTONE



AT 1140 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN OVER SOUTHERN FREESTONE COUNTY.  HOURLY RAINFALL RATES COULD 

REACH UP TO 2 INCHES...RESULTING IN SOME PONDING OF WATER ON 

ROADWAYS...AND SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS.  



MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN...AND TO BE CAUTIOUS SINCE IT IS 

HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS AT NIGHT... 

ESPECIALLY ON U.S. HIGHWAY 84 BETWEEN FAIRFIELD AND THE TRINITY 

RIVER.  USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND STREAMS...CREEKS OR DRAINAGE 

DITCHES. 

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