Flash Flood Warning - Wise (Texas)

Updated: Wed, 08-Sep-2010 5:21am CDT

DENTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
WISE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT

* AT 810 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS DENTON AND WISE
COUNTIES. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN
WISE COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH
1115 AM AND THIS WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE...CROSS ROADS...ALVORD...KRUGERVILLE...AUBREY...SANGER...
RAY ROBERTS PARK ISLE DU BOIS AND PILOT POINT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO
UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY
MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

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LAT...LON 3340 9684 3301 9684 3302 9778 3342 9778

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Flash Flood Watch - Wise (Texas)

Updated: Wed, 08-Sep-2010 5:21am CDT
FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY 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...GRAYSON...
HAMILTON...HILL...HOOD...JACK...JOHNSON...LAMPASAS...
LIMESTONE...MCLENNAN...MILLS...MONTAGUE...PALO PINTO...
PARKER...SOMERVELL...STEPHENS...TARRANT...WISE AND YOUNG. IN
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...MILAM AND ROBERTSON.

* THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* THE REMNANTS OF HERMINE WILL TRACK NORTHWARD ACROSS THE EXTREME
WESTERN SECTION OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN
WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION...ESPECIALLY OVER
AREAS NEAR AND WEST OF I- 35. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WATCH
AREA WILL AVERAGE 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS IN EXCESS
OF 6 INCHES.

* SEVERAL ROUNDS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE WATCH AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THIS WILL CAUSE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN
FLASH FLOODING OF URBAN...LOW LYING AND OTHER FLOOD- PRONE
AREAS.

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.

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Short Term Forecast - Wise (Texas)

Updated: Wed, 08-Sep-2010 5:21am CDT

BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR MAINLY ALONG AND EAST
OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR THROUGH MIDDAY. FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE
TO OCCUR ALONG THE I-35 CORRIDOR.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH
WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND DON`T DROWN.


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