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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

124 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



* UNTIL 430 PM CDT



* AT 124 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICED METEOROLOGISTS REPORTED

  HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN MIDLOTHIAN AND ITASCA...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. 

  AT 123 PM... THE ELLIS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT 

  BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH BOUND SERVICE ROADS OF I-45 BETWEEN 

  PALMER AND FERRIS WERE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. HIGHWAY 77 

  NEAR ITALY WAS ALSO FLOODED WITH 3 INCHES OF WATER ON THE ROAD.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

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

  AND FERRIS



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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.



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 3224 9708 3207 9693 3217 9671 3254 9666

      3255 9707



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