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WGUS74 KSJT 251403

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

858 AM CDT MON JUN 25 2007



TXC399-251515-

RUNNELS TX-

858 AM CDT MON JUN 25 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR

RUNNELS COUNTY...



AT 857 AM CDT...TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS 

INDICATED FM 1770 IS FLOODED AND CLOSED FROM FM 2647 TO FM 382.  

EARLIER THIS MORNING...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

FLOODING OF NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS ACROSS NORTHERN RUNNELS COUNTY.  

HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT HAS FLOODED MOST LOW WATER CROSSINGS AROUND 

THE WINTERS AREA.  SINCE MIDNIGHT...ISOLATED AREAS ACROSS NORTHERN 

RUNNELS COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED OVER SIX INCHES OF RAIN.  LAW 

ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A SWIFT WATER RESCUE EARLIER THIS MORNING ON 

COUNTY ROAD 300 JUST NORTHWEST OF WINTERS A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 

FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3171 10023 3157 9973 3207 9972 3208 10022



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JMJ

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