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WGUS74 KFWD 150232

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

932 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2005



TXC139-150445-

ELLIS TX-

932 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR ELLIS

COUNTY...



AT 932 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A COMPLEX OF 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...OCCURRING FROM 

WAXAHACHIE AND ENNIS...SOUTHWARD TO ITALY. A RAINFALL TOTAL OF THREE 

AND ONE HALF INCHES WAS RECENTLY REPORTED IN ENNIS...WITH NWS 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATING BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL 

ACROSS MUCH OF ELLIS COUNTY. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAXAHACHIE...

PALMER...MIDLOTHIAN...MAYPEARL...AND ENNIS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3207 9694 3228 9708 3255 9708 3255 9653

      3253 9652 3247 9650 3243 9645 3236 9645

      3233 9641



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