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WGUS74 KSJT 180102

FFSSJT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

759 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007



TXC253-441-180200-

JONES TX-TAYLOR TX-

759 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR AND SOUTHEASTERN JONES COUNTIES...



AT 755 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

ABILENE POLICE ARE REPORTING WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING AND SEVERAL 

ROAD CLOSURES IN THE ABILENE AREA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 3225 9992 3225 9964 3264 9964 3264 9993

      3239 9993



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