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WGUS74 KFWD 262008

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

305 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007



TXC139-262145-

ELLIS TX-

305 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR ELLIS

COUNTY...



AT 305 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OVER MUCH OF ELLIS COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS 

NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED NORTHEAST OUT OF ELLIS COUNTY... 

PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 

2 PM. RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL PRODUCE FLOODING OF STREETS... 

INTERSECTIONS...CREEKS...AND LOW AREAS.



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 3228 9707 3207 9694 3221 9664 3234 9641

      3255 9654 3255 9709



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