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WGUS74 KFWD 050924
FFSFWD

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
424 AM CDT Sun May 5 2024

TXC139-051100-
/O.CON.KFWD.FF.W.0046.000000T0000Z-240505T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Ellis TX-
424 AM CDT Sun May 5 2024

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR ELLIS COUNTY...

At 424 AM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between
1.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen, and additional amounts up to
0.5 inch are possible. Flash flooding is likely ongoing.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
         highways, streets, and underpasses as well as other poor
         drainage and low lying areas.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Grand Prairie, Mansfield, Cedar Hill, Waxahachie, Ennis,
  Midlothian, Glenn Heights, Red Oak, Ovilla, Venus, Ferris, Palmer,
  Italy, Oak Leaf, Maypearl, Bardwell, Alma, Bardwell Lake, Rice and
  Garrett.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

&&

LAT...LON 3251 9650 3251 9651 3250 9650 3248 9651
      3247 9649 3245 9650 3241 9644 3238 9644
      3236 9646 3235 9645 3234 9644 3233 9643
      3233 9638 3205 9694 3227 9709 3255 9709
      3254 9653 3252 9650

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED

$$

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