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WGUS54 KFWD 012251

FFWFWD

TXC139-020045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

550 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



* UNTIL 745 PM CDT



* AT 550 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR WAXAHACHIE...MOVING       

  SOUTH AT 10 MPH.  SPOTTERS REPORT THAT RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES  

  AN HOUR ARE CREATING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY.   

  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 730 PM.



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

  ENNIS...MAYPEARL...BARDWELL AND ITALY



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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 3256 9683 3244 9709 3229 9708 3209 9693

      3231 9651



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