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TXC113-439-051545-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

852 AM CDT WED SEP 5 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 AM CDT WEDNESDAY

MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

     DALLAS AND TARRANT



AT 849 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING ALONG A LINE FROM BURLESON TO 

DESOTO...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER 

HOUR IS EXPECTED. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR URBAN FLOODING IN DALLAS 

COUNTY WILL EXTEND FROM DESOTO TO THE GRAND PRAIRIE AREA. IN TARRANT 

COUNTY...FLOODING IS MOST LIKELY IN AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF 

DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS

WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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