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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
240 AM CST WED NOV 17 2004
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO THIS AFTERNOON...
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE WATCH
INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
IN TEXAS...
BELL...BOSQUE...COLLIN...CORYELL...DALLAS...DENTON...ELLIS...ERATH...
FALLS...FREESTONE...HAMILTON...HILL...HOOD...JACK...JOHNSON...
LAMPASAS...LEON...LIMESTONE...MCLENNAN...MILAM...NAVARRO...PALO
PINTO...PARKER...ROBERTSON...ROCKWALL...SOMERVELL...TARRANT AND WISE.
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER FAR WEST TEXAS...WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY
MOVE EAST ACROSS TEXAS TODAY...ENCOUNTERING DEEP MOISTURE MOVING
NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE RESULT WILL BE WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS TO 5
INCHES POSSIBLE WHERE EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS TRAIN OVER THE SAME
AREAS...PARTICULARLY IN AND NEAR THE BRAZOS VALLEY.
PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE
POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING OR MAIN
STEM RIVER FLOODING...AS SOILS ARE NEAR SATURATION ACROSS MANY AREAS
IN THE WATCH AREA. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR
FLOOD PLAINS AND AROUND HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES.