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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

629 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



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JOHNSON TX-ELLIS TX-

629 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR ELLIS

AND JOHNSON COUNTIES...



* AT 629 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 815 

PM CDT. FLOODING HAS BEGUN TO RECEDE IN SOME LOCATIONS IN JOHNSON 

COUNTY...BUT IN ELLIS COUNTY TWO HIGH WATER RESCUES ARE IN PROGRESS 

NEAR FERRIS AND RED OAK.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW

MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER

TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS

SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT

ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.



LAT...LON 3227 9706 3220 9759 3252 9760 3254 9652

      3237 9644 3236 9645 3233 9643 3209 9695

TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 190DEG 46KT 3332 9658



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