Flash Flood Statement
Issued by NWS San Angelo, TX

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WGUS74 KSJT 180053
FFSSJT

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
753 PM CDT MON JUN 17 2013

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JONES TX-TAYLOR TX-CALLAHAN TX-
753 PM CDT MON JUN 17 2013

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CALLAHAN...NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR AND SOUTHEASTERN JONES
COUNTIES...

AT 740 PM CDT...SKYWARN SPOTTERS AND LOCAL MEDIA REPORTS INDICATED
THAT FLASH FLOODING OF STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS IS ONGOING IN THE
ABILENE AREA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATES THAT THE
HEAVIEST RAINFALL...BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3 INCHES...HAS OCCURRED IN THE
CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE CITY OF ABILENE...EXTENDING NORTH
AND EAST INTO SOUTHEASTERN JONES AND FAR NORTHWESTERN CALLAHAN
COUNTIES.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 740 PM SHOWED ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN JUST WEST OF ABILENE...THESE STORMS
WILL LIKELY BRING HEAVY RAIN TO THE FAR WESTERN PARTS OF THE
ABILENE AREA THROUGH 900 PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE
HALF TO ONE INCH COULD OCCUR IN THE FAR WESTERN PARTS OF ABILENE...
WITH LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH ACROSS THE REST OF THE WARNED AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ABILENE...
TYE...AND DYESS AFB

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.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

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LAT...LON 3257 9963 3251 9963 3228 9950 3224 9964
      3236 9991 3257 9993

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