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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

852 AM CDT FRI JUL 6 2007



TXC139-061530-

ELLIS TX-

852 AM CDT FRI JUL 6 2007



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

SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY...



AT 851 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY. 

THE HEAVIEST RAIN EXTENDED FROM EAST OF ENNIS...TO SOUTH OF 

BARDWELL. THE RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE 

TRAVELING THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 45 FROM PAMLER 

TO ENNIS...PROCEED WITH CAUTION. STAY CLEAR OF AREAS WHERE WATER 

COVERS THE ROAD.



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 9680 3233 9643 3246 9649 3240 9683



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