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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

245 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ELLIS COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM

CDT...



THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING INTO THE EASTERN 

PART OF THE COUNTY AT 245 PM.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING UP 

TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL AS THEY WORK EAST AT 25 MPH.  THE RAIN IS 

FALLING ON GROUND THAT RECEIVED BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES EARLIER 

TODAY FROM JUST EAST OF ITALY JUST NORTHEAST OF WAXAHACHIE.  BE ON 

THE LOOK OUT FOR WATER OVER ROADS IN THE WAXAHACHIE... ITALY AND 

ENNIS AREAS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. KNOW YOUR

LOCATION IN RELATION TO STREAMS...RIVERS OR CREEKS THAT CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH RISING WATER.

DO NOT CROSS AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING...EVEN ON FOOT. RAPIDLY

FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES.

RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP

THEM AWAY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN THE WATER...ABANDON IT

IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3253 9657 3233 9644 3211 9693 3228 9707

      3253 9706



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