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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

1235 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007



TXC151-253-353-441-182100-

NOLAN TX-JONES TX-FISHER TX-TAYLOR TX-

1235 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR

TAYLOR...FISHER...JONES AND NOLAN COUNTIES...



FLOODING IS A SERIOUS CONCERN ALONG ELM CREEK FROM BUFFALO 

GAP...THROUGH ABILENE...TO LAKE FORT PHANTOM HILL...AND DOWNSTREAM 

FROM THE LAKE AS WATER FLOWS OVER THE SPILLWAY. RESIDENTS ALONG ELM 

CREEK SHOULD BE PREPARED TO EVACUATE. MONITOR LOCAL MEDIA FOR 

POSSIBLE EVACUATIONS.



AT 1230 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM HAMLIN...TO SWEETWATER...TO 

JUST NORTHEAST OF STERLING CITY. THIS LINE WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY TO 

THE EAST. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING ALONG THIS LINE...TWO TO THREE 

INCHES IN THE AREA FROM SYLVESTER TO SWEETWATER...BETWEEN 10 AM AND 

NOON. FARM ROAD 57 IS CLOSED IN FISHER COUNTY FROM HIGHWAY 180 TO 

HIGHWAY 70.



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

SWEETWATER...SYLVESTER...ROTAN...ROBY...NUGENT...NOODLE...NEINDA...

MCCAULLEY...LON GWORTH...HOBBS...HAWLEY...HAMLIN...AVOCA AND ANSON.



LAT...LON 3212 10061 3215 9968 3292 9965 3291 10061



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