Flood Watch Extended & Enlarged for N. Texas!

[TexasStooge]

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
400 AM CST THU MAR 4 2004

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WATCH TODAY FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. THE WATCH INCLUDES...

IN TEXAS...
ANDERSON...BELL...BOSQUE...COLLIN...COMANCHE...COOKE...CORYELL...
DALLAS...DELTA...DENTON...EASTLAND...ELLIS...ERATH...FALLS...
FANNIN...FREESTONE...GRAYSON...HAMILTON...HENDERSON...HILL...HOOD...
HOPKINS...HUNT...JACK...JOHNSON...KAUFMAN...LAMAR...LAMPASAS...
LEON...LIMESTONE...MCLENNAN...MILAM...MILLS...MONTAGUE...NAVARRO...
PALO PINTO...PARKER...RAINS...ROBERTSON...ROCKWALL...SOMERVELL...
STEPHENS...TARRANT...VAN ZANDT...WISE AND YOUNG. TEXAS...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTH TEXAS TODAY.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH
SOME ISOLATED 3 INCH AMOUNTS.

SOILS ARE ALREADY NEAR SATURATION ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOST LIKELY RUN OFF INTO NEARBY
CREEKS...STREAMS...LAKES...AND RIVERS CONNECTED WITH THE UPPER
TRINITY AND SABINE RIVER BASINS...POSING A PROBLEM FOR MAIN STEM
RIVER FLOODING ACROSS THESE TRIBUTARIES.

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. TURN AROUND AND FIND A SAFE, ALTERNATE ROUTE...OR IF YOUR
VEHICLE GETS CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND!

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