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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
159 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM SATURDAY...
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING. THE WATCH IS
IN EFFECT NORTH OF A LAMPASSAS...WACO...ATHENS LINE AND INCLUDES THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN TEXAS...
BOSQUE...COLLIN...COMANCHE...COOKE...CORYELL...DALLAS...DELTA...
DENTON...EASTLAND...ELLIS...ERATH...FANNIN...GRAYSON...HAMILTON...
HENDERSON...HILL...HOOD...HOPKINS...HUNT...JACK...JOHNSON...
KAUFMAN...LAMAR...LAMPASAS...MCLENNAN...MILLS...MONTAGUE...NAVARRO...
PALO PINTO...PARKER...RAINS...ROCKWALL...SOMERVELL...STEPHENS...
TARRANT...VAN ZANDT...WISE AND YOUNG.
AS A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES NORTH TEXAS...RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME WIDESPREAD
OVERNIGHT. WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN PLACE...RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO
BE HEAVY AT TIMES. RAINFALL WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES
WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS TO FIVE INCHES BY 7 AM SATURDAY. MANY AREAS
RECEIVED TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL A FEW DAYS AGO WITH THE LAST
STORM SYSTEM. THE GROUND IS SATURATED AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL
MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.
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.
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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY ENGULF YOUR VEHICLE AND ITS
OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.