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WGUS74 KSJT 040158

FFSSJT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

853 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007



TXC095-307-319-327-411-040215-

CONCHO TX-MCCULLOCH TX-SAN SABA TX-MENARD TX-MASON TX-

853 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR

NORTHERN MASON...MENARD...SOUTHWESTERN SAN SABA...MCCULLOCH AND

SOUTHERN CONCHO COUNTIES...



AT 850 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA 

INDICATED NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS WERE FLOODED DUE TO THE HEAVY 

RAIN THAT MOVED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.  LIGHT TO MODERATE  

SHOWERS CONTINUE...SO FLOOD WATERS WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT.  WITH THE GROUND 

ALREADY SATURATED...EXPECT CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RISE QUICKLY 

FLOODING LOW LYING AREAS.



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 3077 10012 3062 9896 3092 9895 3093 9868

      3126 9887 3137 10011



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JMJ

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