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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1000 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO SATURDAY MORNING...

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING. THE WATCH INCLUDES
THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

IN TEXAS...
COLLIN...COOKE...DALLAS...DELTA...DENTON...FANNIN...GRAYSON...
HOPKINS...HUNT...JACK...LAMAR...MONTAGUE...PALO PINTO...PARKER...
ROCKWALL...STEPHENS...TARRANT...WISE AND YOUNG.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE NORTHERN PART OF NORTH 
TEXAS...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A BRECKENRIDGE...DALLAS...
SULPHUR SPRINGS LINE.  WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS ALREADY IN 
PLACE...THE COMBINATION OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL LOW AND A COLD 
FRONT MOVING INTO THE REGION WILL RESULT WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WATCH AREA DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE WATCH AREA WILL AVERAGE AROUND ONE 
INCH...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO THREE INCHES.  WHILE THE GROUND 
IS DRY IN MOST AREAS...THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL FALL IN A VERY SHORT 
PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND ISOLATED FLOODING 
PROBLEMS. 

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN 
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. KEEP 
INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A 
FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODS. 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. 

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