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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1043 PM CDT THU APR 17 2008



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ELLIS TX-

1043 PM CDT THU APR 17 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR

ELLIS COUNTY...



* AT 1043 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES

  NORTHEAST OF ALMA TO 16 MILES SOUTH OF BARDWELL...MOVING SOUTHEAST

  AT 30 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS          

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

  1145 PM CDT.



HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE

ROAD. 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.



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 0343Z 297DEG 26KT 3248 9634 3204 9661



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