FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
400 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2015
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH
TEXAS THROUGH NOON TODAY...
.AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
SLOWLY SOUTH ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS THIS
MORNING. THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS...AND
FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN ANY AREA THAT RECEIVES
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN.
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GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-COLLIN-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-
PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHERMAN...DENISON...BONHAM...PARIS...
PLANO...GREENVILLE...COMMERCE...COOPER...SULPHUR SPRINGS...
BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...FORT WORTH...
ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL...TERRELL...KAUFMAN...FORNEY...
WILLS POINT...CANTON...GRAND SALINE...VAN...EDGEWOOD...EMORY...
POINT...EAST TAWAKONI
400 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2015
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS EXPANDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS...COLLIN...DALLAS...FANNIN...GRAYSON...HUNT...
KAUFMAN...PALO PINTO...PARKER...ROCKWALL...STEPHENS AND
TARRANT. IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...DELTA...HOPKINS...LAMAR...RAINS
AND VAN ZANDT.
* UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY
* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER SATURATED SOILS
WILL LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING.
* 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
