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WGUS74 KSJT 180940

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

426 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007



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

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

426 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR

CALLAHAN...TAYLOR...FISHER...JONES...SHACKELFORD AND NOLAN

COUNTIES...



AT 424 AM CDT...THERE WERE UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF SERIOUS FLOODING 

IN SOUTHWEST ABILENE...NEAR HIGHWAY 277 AND ROADWAY 606...WITH 

SEVERAL HOUSES HAVING SLID INTO A CREEK. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS TAYLOR COUNTY INTO ABILENE 

THROUGH MID MORNING...MAKING ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS WORSE AND MORE

DANGEROUS.  



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

NUGENT...NEINDA...MORAN...MCCAULLEY...LUEDERS...IBEX...HAWLEY...

HAMLIN...HAMBY...FORT GRIFFIN...AVOCA...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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