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WGUS74 KSJT 290840

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

331 AM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007



TXC253-441-291000-

JONES TX-TAYLOR TX-

331 AM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR

TAYLOR AND JONES COUNTIES...



WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN 

WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT 20 MPH OVER TAYLOR AND JONES COUNTY 

FROM 340 AM THROUGH 5 AM. MOST AREAS WILL SEE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF 1/4 INCH OR LESS...INCLUDING ABILENE. A FEW AREAS OVER 

SOUTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY...FROM BLACKWELL TO LAKE ABILENE AND BUFFALO 

GAP...MAY SEE UP TO 1/2 INCH.



RADAR HAS ESTIMATED AROUND 1 INCH OF RAINFALL OVER ABILENE...WITH 2 

NEAR MERKEL...AND 3 TO 4 INCHES NEAR TRENT.  THIS RAINFALL WILL 

LIKELY PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSING AND LOW LYING AREAS.  



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 3210 10014 3210 9963 3295 9963 3294 10014



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