Flash Flood Watch for the Eastern 2/3rds of N. TX
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 7:40 am
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
420 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT AND
FRIDAY ALONG AND EAST OF A GAINESVILLE...WEATHERFORD...TO COMANCHE
LINE. THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF GRAYSON...COOKE...LAMAR...
FANNIN...DELTA...DENTON...HUNT...COLLIN...HOPKINS...TARRANT...
DALLAS...ROCKWALL...RAINS...VAN ZANDT...KAUFMAN...JOHNSON...ELLIS...
HENDERSON...NAVARRO...HILL...BOSQUE...ANDERSON...HAMILTON...
FREESTONE...MCLENNAN...LIMESTONE...MILLS...CORYELL...LEON...FALLS...
LAMPASAS...ROBERTSON...BELL AND MILAM.
MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY IN ADVANCE OF AN
APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE
IN COVERAGE TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION.
TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT COULD PRODUCE
AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WITH WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE
AND THREE INCHES. SOME LOCALIZED FOUR INCH AMOUNTS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THE RAIN SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FRIDAY EVENING AS
DRIER AIR FILTERS IN FROM THE NORTH.
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS RAPIDLY RISING WATER OR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE
WITHIN THE INDICATED AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...BE READY
FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
420 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT AND
FRIDAY ALONG AND EAST OF A GAINESVILLE...WEATHERFORD...TO COMANCHE
LINE. THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF GRAYSON...COOKE...LAMAR...
FANNIN...DELTA...DENTON...HUNT...COLLIN...HOPKINS...TARRANT...
DALLAS...ROCKWALL...RAINS...VAN ZANDT...KAUFMAN...JOHNSON...ELLIS...
HENDERSON...NAVARRO...HILL...BOSQUE...ANDERSON...HAMILTON...
FREESTONE...MCLENNAN...LIMESTONE...MILLS...CORYELL...LEON...FALLS...
LAMPASAS...ROBERTSON...BELL AND MILAM.
MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY IN ADVANCE OF AN
APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE
IN COVERAGE TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION.
TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT COULD PRODUCE
AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WITH WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE
AND THREE INCHES. SOME LOCALIZED FOUR INCH AMOUNTS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THE RAIN SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FRIDAY EVENING AS
DRIER AIR FILTERS IN FROM THE NORTH.
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS RAPIDLY RISING WATER OR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE
WITHIN THE INDICATED AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...BE READY
FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.