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WGUS54 KFWD 181723

FFWFWD

TXC139-182015-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1222 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 315 PM CDT



* AT 1222 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN NEAR OVER MUCH OF WESTERN AND 

  CENTRAL PORTIONS OF ELLIS COUNTY...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. RADAR 

  INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 

  TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 315 PM CDT.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...MIDLOTHIAN...OAK LEAF AND RED OAK.



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

UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY

MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO

REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...

MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3251 9709 3254 9653 3233 9643 3210 9688

      3231 9704

TIME...MOT...LOC 1722Z 187DEG 46KT 3244 9683



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