THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED AN * URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS... * UNTIL 1130 PM CDT * AT 1033 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING EAST ACROSS ABILENE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT HOUR. * IMPACTS FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL INCLUDE: FLOODING OF LOW LYING ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS. FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AVOID THESE AREAS. RAPID RISE OF AREA CREEKS...STREAMS...AND ARROYOS. LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE... ABILENE...TYE...DYESS AFB...KIRBY LAKE...IMPACT... THIS INCLUDES THE LOW WATER CROSSINGS... TEXAS AVENUE AT ARNOLD BOULEVARD... INTERSECTIONS ALONG SAMMONS STREET... CURRY LANE FROM CLACK STREET TO CATCLAW DRIVE... BUTTERNUT UNDERPASS... INTERSECTIONS ALONG BUTTONWILLOW PARKWAY... INTERSECTIONS ALONG VOGEL STREET... SUNSET BETWEEN SOUTH 1ST AND 2ND... STREETS BEWEEN JACKSON AND TREADAWAY... NORTH 18TH STREET BETWEEN MESQUITE AND TREADAWAY... COUNTY ROAD 123 CROSSING RAINY CREEK... COUNTY ROAD 107 CROSSING RAINY CREEK... CROSSINGS ALONG COUNTY ROAD 107... AND OTHER LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE PORTIONS OF TAYLOR COUNTY. 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. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS... HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 03:35:31 +0000
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