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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

520 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

  JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 815 PM CDT



* AT 520 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY BETWEEN     

WAXAHACHIE AND PALMER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.     

LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING OVER JOHNSON COUNTY.     

RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN     

ACROSS WESTERN ELLIS AND EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES...AND ANOTHER   1 

TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 715 PM CDT. MANY ROADS HAVE   

BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. THIS     

WARNING EXTENDS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR ELLIS     

COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...OAK LEAF...RED OAK 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 3227 9706 3220 9759 3252 9760 3254 9652

      3237 9644 3236 9645 3233 9643 3209 9695

TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 190DEG 46KT 3245 9676



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