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TXC151-207-253-353-441-180915-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

1014 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NOLAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS

  HASKELL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS

  JONES COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS

  FISHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS

  TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 415 AM CDT SATURDAY



* AT 1012 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED VERY   

HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ABILENE POLICE ARE REPORTING 

CATCLAW AND BUTTON CREEKS ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. NUMEROUS STREET 

CLOSURES ARE REPORTED IN ABILENE AND THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 50 WATER 

RESCUE CALLS IN THE ABILENE AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE

  STAMFORD NEAR LAKE STAMFORD MARINA...WEINERT...SYLVESTER...

  STAMFORD...RULE...ROTAN...ROCHESTER...ROBY...OBRIEN...NUGENT...

  NOODLE...NEINDA...MCCAULLEY...LONGWORTH...IRBY...HOBBS...HAWLEY...

  HASKELL...HAMLIN...AVOCA AND ANSON



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 3212 10064 3214 9967 3298 9965 3300 9949

      3337 9948 3337 9995 3293 9996 3293 10060



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