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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1046 AM CDT TUE SEP 4 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 400 AM 

CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING...



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM 

BOWIE...TO CLEBURNE...TO GOLDTHWAITE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 

WEDNESDAY MORNING.  THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SHERMAN... 

PARIS... DENTON...CANTON... LAMPASAS...CORSICANA...PALESTINE... 

WACO...AND THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX.



A WEAK UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REMAIN PARKED OVER TEXAS 

THROUGH WEDNESDAY.  SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY 

RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE WATCH THIS AFTERNOON...AND 

AGAIN OVERNIGHT.  RECENT RAINS HAVE SATURATED THE GROUND WITHIN THE 

WATCH AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RUNOFF QUICKLY... 

INCREASING THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING OF ROADS...CITY STREETS... 

AND LOW LYING AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING.  AMOUNTS OF ONE TO 

THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...AND ISOLATED TOTALS IN 

EXCESS OF FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. 



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. 



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.



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