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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
353 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008

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MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-
HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-
ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-
NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-
LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
353 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

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

* THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING

* A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND A SLOW MOVING
  SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL AFFECT NORTH TEXAS TODAY THROUGH
  WEDNESDAY MORNING. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE COLD
  FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ABUNDANT MOISTURE INTO THE REGION.
  THE COMBINATION OF THESE INGREDIENTS WILL LEAD TO A WIDESPREAD
  HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN ONE
  AND THREE INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF FOUR INCHES.

* FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...CREEKS...DITCHES...AND EVEN SOME 
  ROADS IS LIKELY IN THE WATCH AREA. 

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY
RAIN WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. YOU SHOULD MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED FOR
YOUR AREA.

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