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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

942 PM CDT THU APR 17 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT



* AT 942 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN NEAR MIDLOTHIAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST   

  AT 25 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY       

  FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1145 PM     

  CDT. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...MAYPEARL...GLENN HEIGHTS...OAK LEAF...RED OAK...

  WAXAHACHIE...ITALY...FERRIS...PALMER...BARDWELL...ENNIS AND ALMA.



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 3228 9709 3255 9709 3255 9654 3253 9650

      3251 9652 3247 9650 3243 9645 3236 9645

      3233 9641 3207 9694

TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 297DEG 26KT 3246 9694



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