

000 

WGUS54 KSJT 092243

FFWSJT

TXC105-100230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

537 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CROCKETT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT



* AT 536 PM CDT...THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED TO THE EAST...BUT 

LIGHT SHOWERS CONTINUE ACROSS CROCKETT COUNTY.  LOCAL LAW 

ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED REPORTED NUMEROUS FLOODING OF ROADS 

IN CROCKETT COUNTY AROUND OZONA.  THE FOLLOWING ROAD CLOSURES WERE 

REPORTED...HIGHWAY 163 SOUTH OF OZONA IS CLOSED...HIGHWAY 290 EAST 

OF OZONA IS CLOSED AND THE AREA AROUND THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 

137 AND 163 NORTH OF OZONA IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.  IN 

OZONA...STREETS ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING OF THE DRAW THAT RUNS 

THROUGH TOWN.



AS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY DRAIN FLOODWATER...EXPECT 

DRAINAGES LIKE HOWARD DRAW THAT FLOW SOUTH TOWARD VAL VERDE COUNTY 

TO CONTINUE TO RISE.  FLOODING OF RURAL ROADS ACROSS CROCKETT COUNTY 

IS LIKELY. 



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 3066 10172 3065 10163 3050 10164 3033 10164

      3033 10100 3107 10099 3108 10172 3104 10182



$$

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000 

WGUS54 KSJT 092243

FFWSJT

TXC105-100230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

537 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CROCKETT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT



* AT 536 PM CDT...THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED TO THE EAST...BUT 

LIGHT SHOWERS CONTINUE ACROSS CROCKETT COUNTY.  LOCAL LAW 

ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED REPORTED NUMEROUS FLOODING OF ROADS 

IN CROCKETT COUNTY AROUND OZONA.  THE FOLLOWING ROAD CLOSURES WERE 

REPORTED...HIGHWAY 163 SOUTH OF OZONA IS CLOSED...HIGHWAY 290 EAST 

OF OZONA IS CLOSED AND THE AREA AROUND THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 

137 AND 163 NORTH OF OZONA IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.  IN 

OZONA...STREETS ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING OF THE DRAW THAT RUNS 

THROUGH TOWN.



AS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY DRAIN FLOODWATER...EXPECT 

DRAINAGES LIKE HOWARD DRAW THAT FLOW SOUTH TOWARD VAL VERDE COUNTY 

TO CONTINUE TO RISE.  FLOODING OF RURAL ROADS ACROSS CROCKETT COUNTY 

IS LIKELY. 



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 3066 10172 3065 10163 3050 10164 3033 10164

      3033 10100 3107 10099 3108 10172 3104 10182



$$

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