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WGUS54 KSJT 180902

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TXC059-151-253-353-417-441-181500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

355 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NOLAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS

  SHACKELFORD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS

  JONES COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS

  FISHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS

  TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS

  CALLAHAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT



* AT 352 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL FROM NEAR ROTAN TO THE WEST 

  SIDE OF ABILENE...DRIFTING SLOWLY EAST AROUND 5 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROSCOE...

  ABILENE...SWEETWATER...STAMFORD...ROTAN...MORAN...HAWLEY...HAMLIN...

  HAMBY...FORT GRIFFIN...ANSON AND ALBANY



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS MUCH 

OF TAYLOR...JONES AND NOLAN COUNTIES...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS

MUCH OF THE REST OF THE WARNED AREA.  SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS OCCURRING 

ALONG ELM CREEK IN SOUTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY...WITH THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 

277 AND HIGHWAY 89 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY...CAUSING CONTINUED SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING 

ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING AREAS. 

RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE OVER 

FLOODED ROADS.



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 3210 10067 3211 9912 3295 9912 3296 9951

      3294 9995 3293 10063



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