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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

930 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST...



A FEW AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL ACTIVE BETWEEN 

SHERMAN AND BONHAM WHERE UP TO 1/4 OF AN INCH OF RAIN COULD BE 

FALLING.  ANOTHER AREA OF CONVECTION LOCATED BETWEEN WACO AND 

CAMERON...WAS PRODUCING HEAVIER DOWNPOURS...WITH HOURLY RAINFALL 

RATES OF 3/4 TO 1 1/2 INCHES.



THOUGH HEAVY RAINS HAVE DISSIPATED OVER THE REMAINDER OF NORTH 

TEXAS...NEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP 

OVERNIGHT AS THE UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EJECTS ANOTHER WEATHER 

DISTURBANCE OVER THE AREA.  GIVEN THE VERY MOIST ENVIRONMENT AND THE 

SLOW STORM RELATIVE WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY.  EXCESSIVE 

RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OVER URBAN AREAS AND EXTREMELY 

SATURATED SOILS.



THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF 

NORTH TEXAS EAST OF A LINE FROM GOLDTHWAITE...TO CLEBURNE...TO 

GAINESVILLE.  THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SHERMAN...PARIS... 

WACO...TEMPLE...CORSICANA...PALESTINE...AND THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH 

METROPLEX.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING.  USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND STREAMS...CREEKS OR 

DRAINAGE DITCHES.  TAKE THE SHORTEST PATH TO REACH HIGHER 

GROUND...BUT DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH RISING WATER.



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