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WGUS74 KSJT 250316

FFSSJT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

1014 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2007



TXC105-413-435-250745-

SCHLEICHER TX-CROCKETT TX-SUTTON TX-

1014 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR

SUTTON...CROCKETT AND SCHLEICHER COUNTIES...



AT 1010 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER 

MOST OF THE WARNED AREA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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 3105 10214 3095 10187 3071 10175 3063 10159

      3042 10164 3032 10164 3032 10015 3107 10014



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