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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

643 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 643 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ELLIS COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  WAXAHACHIE...RED OAK...PALMER...OVILLA...OAK LEAF...GLENN HEIGHTS

  AND FERRIS



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS...IN ADDITION TO MORE HEAVY RAIN 

THAT WILL FALL THE NEXT FEW HOURS...WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...

COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS 

AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN FORT

WORTH.



LAT...LON 3207 9694 3233 9642 3254 9654 3254 9691

      3228 9706



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