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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1131 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2007



TXC139-051800-

ELLIS TX-

1131 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2007



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

NORTHERN AND EASTERN ELLIS COUNTY...



...SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE IN EASTERN ELLIS COUNTY...



AT 1129 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG INTERSTATE 45 FROM ENNIS...TO PALMER. MOVEMENT 

WAS SLOWLY WEST.



RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR AND 

EAST OF PALMER SINCE 1030 AM. THE ELLIS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE 

REPORTED FLOODING OF SECONDARY ROADS EAST OF ENNIS AND EAST OF 

PALMER. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN EASTERN 

PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THE FLOODING OF 

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

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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