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WGUS54 KFWD 300704

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TXC139-301000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

201 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



* UNTIL 500 AM CDT



* AT 155 AM CDT...FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY 

AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO IMPROVE UNTIL DAYBREAK.  LAW ENFORCEMENT 

REPORTS SOME ROADS WITH WATER COVERING THEM. INTERSTATE 45 IN THE 

EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY HAS WATER COVERING THE BOTH SOUTH BOUND 

LANES.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  WAXAHACHIE...RED OAK...PALMER...OVILLA...OAK LEAF AND FERRIS



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.



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.



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. SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER CAN CARRY

VEHICLES AWAY. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.



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

      3228 9706



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