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WGUS74 KFWD 270038

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

737 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007



TXC139-270330-

ELLIS TX-

737 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR

ELLIS COUNTY...



...SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOOD THREAT...



AT 737 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR FERRIS...TO 

ENNIS...TO EAST OF ITALY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH.



RAINFALL OF 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL...ALONG WITH THE HEAVY RAIN 

EARLIER TODAY...WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY. 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES...COUNTRY ROADS 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 3227 9708 3255 9708 3254 9654 3253 9651

      3251 9652 3247 9651 3242 9645 3235 9645

      3233 9641 3207 9695



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