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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

126 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



TXC139-182015-

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ELLIS TX-

126 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR ELLIS

COUNTY...



* AT 126 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER ELLIS COUNTY...MOVING NORTH AT  

  50 MPH. ELLIS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS THAT SEVERAL COUNTY   

  ROADS IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH  

  WATER. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY      

  FALLEN. ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 315 PM CDT.



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.



WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. 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 1826Z 187DEG 46KT 3325 9671



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