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WGUS74 KSJT 260846

FFSSJT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

345 AM CDT MON MAR 26 2007



TXC105-261015-

CROCKETT TX-

345 AM CDT MON MAR 26 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR

CROCKETT COUNTY...



AT 335 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL 

LOCATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 163 SOUTH OF OZONA WITH WATER FLOWING OVER 

THE ROAD. IN ADDITION...HIGHWAY 137 NORTH OF OZONA ALSO HAD SOME 

LOCATIONS WITH WATER RUNNING OVER THE ROAD. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST 

RAINFALL HAS MOVED EAST OF CROCKETT COUNTY...RUNOFF FROM THE  

EARLIER RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE 

AREAS AND AT AREA LOW WATER CROSSINGS ACROSS THE COUNTY. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OZONA



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3030 10172 3030 10097 3107 10097 3108 10234

      3096 10188 3072 10178 3067 10174 3064 10163

      3055 10163 3043 10168 3035 10162



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000 

WGUS74 KSJT 260846

FFSSJT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

345 AM CDT MON MAR 26 2007



TXC105-261015-

CROCKETT TX-

345 AM CDT MON MAR 26 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR

CROCKETT COUNTY...



AT 335 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL 

LOCATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 163 SOUTH OF OZONA WITH WATER FLOWING OVER 

THE ROAD. IN ADDITION...HIGHWAY 137 NORTH OF OZONA ALSO HAD SOME 

LOCATIONS WITH WATER RUNNING OVER THE ROAD. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST 

RAINFALL HAS MOVED EAST OF CROCKETT COUNTY...RUNOFF FROM THE  

EARLIER RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE 

AREAS AND AT AREA LOW WATER CROSSINGS ACROSS THE COUNTY. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OZONA



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3030 10172 3030 10097 3107 10097 3108 10234

      3096 10188 3072 10178 3067 10174 3064 10163

      3055 10163 3043 10168 3035 10162



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