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FLOOD WATCH for my area!

#1 Postby TexasStooge » Wed Mar 03, 2004 8:09 am

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
425 AM CST WED MAR 3 2004

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES
THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

IN TEXAS...
COLLIN...COOKE...DALLAS...DELTA...DENTON...FANNIN...GRAYSON...
HOPKINS...HUNT...JACK...KAUFMAN...LAMAR...MONTAGUE...PALO PINTO...
PARKER...RAINS...ROCKWALL...STEPHENS...TARRANT...VAN ZANDT...WISE AND
YOUNG.

.A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM...COUPLED WITH ABUNDANT LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE...WILL BRING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
NORTH TEXAS TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL
ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE REGION...FROM NEAR THE INTERSTATE 20
CORRIDOR...NORTHWARD TO THE RED RIVER. SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY
NEAR SATURATION IN MANY LOCATIONS...RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND
TWO INCHES OVER THE TWO DAY PERIOD MAY CAUSE FLOODING ACROSS THE
WATCH AREA.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS
REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS.
KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF
A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL MEDIA OR YOUR CABLE
TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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