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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

205 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007



TXC139-052000-

ELLIS TX-

205 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR ELLIS

COUNTY...



AT 204 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

MODERATE RAIN SOUTH OF MIDLOTHIAN...AND LIGHT RAIN OVER MUCH OF 

EASTERN ELLIS COUNTY.



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED...RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER 

RAIN WILL CONTINUE THE FLOODING OF STREETS...INTERSECTIONS...CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. 

AREAS AROUND ENNIS ARE MOST AT RISK FROM CONTINUED 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 3215 9695 3235 9646 3254 9653 3252 9703



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