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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

554 AM CST SAT MAR 30 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF

NORTH TEXAS...



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THAT PART OF NORTH

TEXAS GENERALLY ALONG...AND NORTH OF A LINE...FROM COMANCHE...TO

MERIDIAN...TO ATHENS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SHERMAN...PARIS...

GRAHAM...DENTON...GREENVILLE...SULPHUR SPRINGS...EASTLAND...

HILLSBORO...CORSICANA...AND THE DALLAS...FORT WORTH METROPLEX.



A COLD FRONT MOVED INTO NORTH TEXAS FRIDAY...AND BECAME STATIONARY IN

THE CENTRAL PART OF THE REGION. AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL LOW IS

PULLING ABUNDANT MOISTURE NORTH OVER THE FRONT...RESULTING IN

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. DUE TO THE NEARLY STATIONARY

FRONT...AND THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE UPPER LOW...SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA

TODAY.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT...HAVE PRODUCED WIDESPREAD

RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE INCH OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF NORTH

TEXAS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS TODAY BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES

WILL BE COMMON...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. WITH

GROUNDS ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS...RUNOFF WILL BE

EXCESSIVE...RESULTING IN FLOODING IN SOME AREAS.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS RAPIDLY RISING WATER OR FLOODING IS

POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA.  IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...

CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR

QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION

STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS

CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD THREAT.

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