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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

Flash Flood Warning

National Weather Service Fort Worth TX

255 AM CDT Sun May 5 2024



The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a



* Flash Flood Warning for...

  Ellis County in north central Texas...



* Until 600 AM CDT.



* At 255 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. Flash flooding is ongoing 

  or expected to begin shortly.



  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.



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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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