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WGUS74 KFWD 061444

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

945 AM CDT FRI JUL 6 2007



TXC139-061530-

ELLIS TX-

945 AM CDT FRI JUL 6 2007



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

SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY...



AT 943 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 

SCATTERED MODERATE RAIN FROM WEST OF ENNIS...TO BARDWELL...TO EAST 

OF ITALY. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY SOUTH.



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAD DECREASED...RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER RAIN 

WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF FLOODING. STREAMS...CREEKS...STREETS... 

AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE MOST VULNERABLE.



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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