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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

626 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN STERLING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS

  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN TOM GREEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 830 PM CDT



* AT 622 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTH CENTRAL STERLING

  COUNTY...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STERLING CITY...MOVING     

  VERY SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH...AND IT COULD GO STATIONARY.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT...

  RURAL SOUTHERN STERLING COUNTY AT STATE HIGHWAY 163 ABOUT 15 MILES 

  SOUTH OF STERLING CITY.



THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER A VERY SHORT 

PERIOD OF TIME AND CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. 



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED 

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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. 



LAT...LON 3153 10127 3154 10097 3176 10094 3177 10125



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