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WGUS74 KFWD 200135

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

733 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



TXC139-200300-

ELLIS TX-

733 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR ELLIS

COUNTY...



AT 729 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ELLIS 

COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST... 

RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL AS ANY ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE EXISTING FLOOD PROBLEMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY

DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED

ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A COUPLE FEET OF SWIFTLY

FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3221 9705 3232 9644 3253 9653 3254 9709



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