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WGUS74 KSJT 181249

FFSSJT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

740 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-

740 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 745 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE 

BIG COUNTRY.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER EASTERN NOLAN 

COUNTY NEAR NOLAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. THIS HEAVY RAIN 

WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST TAYLOR COUNTY NEAR MERKEL BY 815 AM.



MANY ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING...INCLUDING ALL ROADS IN 

MULBERRY CANYON...COUNTY ROAD 134...COUNTY ROAD 132...FARM ROAD 

1086...FARM ROAD 1085...FARM ROAD 89...AND FARM ROAD 1235. SERIOUS

FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG ELM CREEK WEST OF LAKE ABILENE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WHICH

WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS ON ALREADY SWOLLEN

CREEKS AND STREAMS. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

AND AVOID 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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000 

WGUS74 KSJT 181249

FFSSJT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

740 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-

740 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 745 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE 

BIG COUNTRY.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER EASTERN NOLAN 

COUNTY NEAR NOLAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. THIS HEAVY RAIN 

WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST TAYLOR COUNTY NEAR MERKEL BY 815 AM.



MANY ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING...INCLUDING ALL ROADS IN 

MULBERRY CANYON...COUNTY ROAD 134...COUNTY ROAD 132...FARM ROAD 

1086...FARM ROAD 1085...FARM ROAD 89...AND FARM ROAD 1235. SERIOUS

FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG ELM CREEK WEST OF LAKE ABILENE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WHICH

WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS ON ALREADY SWOLLEN

CREEKS AND STREAMS. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

AND AVOID 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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