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WGUS74 KFWD 172041

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

338 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007



TXC139-172130-

ELLIS TX-

338 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR ELLIS

COUNTY...



AT 333 PM CDT...THE HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS ALL BUT THE EXTREME 

EASTERN PART OF ELLIS COUNTY...GENERALLY EAST OF A FERRIS TO ENNIS 

LINE. 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.



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER STORMS WILL

STILL PRODUCE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND 

UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 

FLOODING.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3224 9708 3207 9693 3234 9643 3256 9648

      3255 9707



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000 

WGUS74 KFWD 172041

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

338 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007



TXC139-172130-

ELLIS TX-

338 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR ELLIS

COUNTY...



AT 333 PM CDT...THE HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS ALL BUT THE EXTREME 

EASTERN PART OF ELLIS COUNTY...GENERALLY EAST OF A FERRIS TO ENNIS 

LINE. 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.



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER STORMS WILL

STILL PRODUCE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND 

UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 

FLOODING.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3224 9708 3207 9693 3234 9643 3256 9648

      3255 9707



$$



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