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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1042 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2007



TXC139-051800-

ELLIS TX-

1042 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR

NORTHERN ELLIS COUNTY...



...SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE NEAR AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 

45...



AT 1042 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING FROM NEAR FERRIS AND PALMER...TO EAST OF 

ENNIS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG AND EAST 

OF INTERSTATE 45 SINCE 930 AM. THE ELLIS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE 

REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 34 NORTHEAST OF ENNIS WAS FLOODED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS...AS WELL AS AREAS ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3230 9701 3231 9644 3254 9653 3254 9707



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