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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1140 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2001



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



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT 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.



THOUGH HEAVY RAINS HAVE DISSIPATED OVER THE REMAINDER OF NORTH 

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

TOWARDS MORNING 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.



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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