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WGUS74 KSJT 152137

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

426 PM CDT TUE MAY 15 2007



TXC441-160200-

TAYLOR TX-

426 PM CDT TUE MAY 15 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR

TAYLOR COUNTY...



AT 420 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO REPORT 

ROADS FLOODED ACROSS SOUTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY FROM THUNDERSTORMS  

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT COUNTY ROAD 151 

IS IMPASSABLE IN ADDITION TO THE FLOODING OF ROADS IN BUFFALO GAP 

AND TUSCOLA.



MUCH OF THE AREA IS SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL WHICH IS 

CAUSING WATER TO RISE QUICKLY FROM HEAVY RAINFALL. THE EXCESSIVE 

RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO DRAIN INTO ELM CREEK AND 

OTHER TRIBUTARIES AND FLOW TOWARD ABILENE.  THESE FLOOD WATERS WILL 

MAKE...COUNTRY ROADS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND OTHER ROADS IN LOW 

LYING AREAS IMPASSABLE. 



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 3215 10017 3209 10011 3209 9989 3209 9964

      3222 9963 3251 9963 3252 9985 3233 10016



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JMJ

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