

000 

WGUS74 KSJT 170301

FFSSJT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

954 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2007



TXC267-319-170445-

MASON TX-KIMBLE TX-

954 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR

KIMBLE AND MASON COUNTIES...



AT 953 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL SPREADING 

SLOWLY NORTHWEST OVER MUCH OF KIMBLE AND MASON COUNTIES. RADAR 

ESTIMATES...VERIFIED BY RAINFALL GAGE DATA FROM THE LCRA...INDICATE 

THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS EASTERN KIMBLE 

AND MASON COUNTY SO FAR THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 

INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE...BRINGING SOME RAINFALL TO NEAR 5 

INCHES BY MIDNIGHT. 



THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY RUN OFF INTO CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...WITH LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS 

QUICKLY BECOMING FLOODED. 



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

PONTOTOC...MASON...LONDON...KATEMCY AND FREDONIA



THE EXACT TRACK OF THE REMNANTS OF ERIN CONTINUE TO BE SOMEWHAT 

UNCERTAIN...BUT THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL DEVELOPING AGAIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ACROSS THE 

NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY. 



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 3029 9930 3051 9930 3051 9895 3092 9895

      3094 9947 3072 9949 3072 10004 3030 10010



$$

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000 

WGUS74 KSJT 170301

FFSSJT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

954 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2007



TXC267-319-170445-

MASON TX-KIMBLE TX-

954 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR

KIMBLE AND MASON COUNTIES...



AT 953 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL SPREADING 

SLOWLY NORTHWEST OVER MUCH OF KIMBLE AND MASON COUNTIES. RADAR 

ESTIMATES...VERIFIED BY RAINFALL GAGE DATA FROM THE LCRA...INDICATE 

THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS EASTERN KIMBLE 

AND MASON COUNTY SO FAR THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 

INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE...BRINGING SOME RAINFALL TO NEAR 5 

INCHES BY MIDNIGHT. 



THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY RUN OFF INTO CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...WITH LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS 

QUICKLY BECOMING FLOODED. 



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

PONTOTOC...MASON...LONDON...KATEMCY AND FREDONIA



THE EXACT TRACK OF THE REMNANTS OF ERIN CONTINUE TO BE SOMEWHAT 

UNCERTAIN...BUT THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL DEVELOPING AGAIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ACROSS THE 

NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY. 



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 3029 9930 3051 9930 3051 9895 3092 9895

      3094 9947 3072 9949 3072 10004 3030 10010



$$

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