Flash Flood Watch FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1020 AM CDT TUE OCT 15 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...BELL...BOSQUE...CORYELL...FALLS...FREESTONE... HAMILTON...HILL...LAMPASAS...LIMESTONE...MCLENNAN...MILLS AND NAVARRO. IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...ANDERSON...HENDERSON AND LEON. IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...MILAM AND ROBERTSON. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH SOME ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS ARE EXPECTED. PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL THIS PAST WEEKEND HAS RESULTED IN WET SOILS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WHICH WILL RESULT IN EXCESSIVE RUNOFF. * EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY LEAD TO FLOODING OF CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS...DRY CREEK BEDS...POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND SOME POOR DRAINING URBAN STREETS. 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 916 AM CDT TUE OCT 15 2013 .NOW... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS AT 25 MPH THROUGH LATE MORNING...AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES INTO AREAS FROM GRAHAM TO GAINESVILLE. RAINFALL WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 1/4 TO 1/2 OF INCH...WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND SOUTHWEST OF A STEPHENVILLE TO WACO LINE. TRAINING OF RAINFALL AND HEAVIER DOWNPOURS MAY PRODUCE FLOODING...ESPECIALLY TYPICAL LOW LYING AREAS DUE TO PREVIOUS RAINFALL THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. OUTSIDE OF WHERE RAIN IS FALLING...IT WILL BE CLOUDY AND MUGGY WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING STEADY IN THE 70S AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE 60S AND INTO UPPER 50S BEHIND THE COLD FRONT.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 17:02:07 +0000
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