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WGUS74 KFWD 182137

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

436 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



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ELLIS TX-

436 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR ELLIS

COUNTY...



* AT 436 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER ELLIS COUNTY...MOVING NORTH AT 45 

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

ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 600 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.



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 2136Z 189DEG 51KT 3296 9666



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