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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

255 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2007



TXC059-151-253-353-417-441-022230-

NOLAN TX-SHACKELFORD TX-JONES TX-FISHER TX-TAYLOR TX-CALLAHAN TX-

255 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR

NORTHERN CALLAHAN...TAYLOR...SOUTHEASTERN FISHER...JONES...

SHACKELFORD AND EASTERN NOLAN COUNTIES...



AT 252 PM CDT...THAT MUCH OF THE RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. HOWEVER TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND LOCAL SPOTTERS 

CONTINUED TO REPORT FLOODING ONGOING ON MANY ROADS...ESPECIALLY IN 

SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL TAYLOR COUNTY. PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 36  AND F.M. 

1750 ARE CLOSED AROUND POTOSI. OTHER ROADS THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED 

CLOSED IS 1085 JUST SOUTH OF TRENT. ALSO FM 613 AND 89 HAVE WATER 

OVER THEM IN THE BUFFALO GAP AREA. FLOOD FLOWS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE 

DOWN CEDAR...LYTLE AND ELM CREEKS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SOME HOMES 

WERE FLOODED IN THE POTOSI AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 5 PM THIS 

AFTERNOON WILL BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STAMFORD...

NUGENT...NOODLE...NEINDA...LUEDERS...HAWLEY...FORT GRIFFIN...AVOCA...

ANSON...POTOSI...BUFFALO GAP AND ABILENE. 



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 YOU WILL NOT 

ONLY SAVE YOUR LIFE...BUT THOSE THAT WOULD HAVE TO RESCUE YOU.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3210 10057 3225 9922 3295 9916 3295 10002



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