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WGUS74 KSJT 102240

FFSSJT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

540 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009



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HASKELL TX-THROCKMORTON TX-SHACKELFORD TX-JONES TX-

540 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR

JONES...NORTHWESTERN SHACKELFORD...WESTERN THROCKMORTON AND HASKELL

COUNTIES...



AT 535 PM CDT...TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INDICATED WATER 

COVERING PORTIONS OF ROADS IN HASKELL COUNTY.  THESE ROADS INCLUDE 

US HIGHWAY 380...FM ROAD 618 AND STATE HIGHWAY 6.



WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF MUCH OF THE AREA...EXPECT 

FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND PORTIONS OF ROADS THAT ARE  

LOCATED IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.



&&



LAT...LON 3288 9914 3256 9957 3253 10015 3295 10015

      3296 9998 3339 9998 3341 9912



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JMJ

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