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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

306 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 600 PM CDT



* AT 306 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

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

  55 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY     

  FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 600 PM CDT.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...PALMER...MIDLOTHIAN...OAK LEAF...RED OAK...OVILLA...GLENN

  HEIGHTS AND FERRIS.



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 3228 9709 3255 9709 3255 9654 3254 9651

      3247 9650 3243 9645 3236 9645 3233 9641

      3217 9671 3208 9695

TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 189DEG 51KT 3242 9678



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