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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

335 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH VALID FOR AREA EAST OF A GOLDTHWAITE...GLEN 

ROSE...DECATUR...GAINESVILLE LINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL MIDNIGHT.



THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING 

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING.  

ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED 

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT.  ISOLATED TOTALS UP TO FOUR 

INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WHERE CELL TRAINING OCCURS...OR THE STRONG 

STORMS PASS THIS EVENING.



TO THE WEST OF THE WATCH AREA...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT 

IN ISOLATED RAIN TOTALS UP TO TWO INCHES OVER A SMALL AREA.  IF THIS 

OCCURS...BRIEF FLOODING COULD RESULT IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE 

AREAS.



THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RAIN WILL BE MOVING NORTH 

ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...AND THE RAIN SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH IN 

INTENSITY AND COVERAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT.



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. IF YOUR VEHICLES STALLS...ABANDON IT AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND 

IMMEDIATELY. 



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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