THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED AN * URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... NORTHEASTERN MCCULLOCH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS... NORTHERN SAN SABA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS... SOUTHEASTERN COLEMAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS... CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS... * UNTIL 1100 PM CDT * AT 924 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN COLEMAN COUNTY. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ENTERING NORTHERN MCCULLOCH AND FAR NORTHWESTERN SAN SABA COUNTIES. THE AREA OF STORMS WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. * NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED IN COLEMAN AND BROWN COUNTIES. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN NORTHERN MCCULLOCH AND NORTHERN SAN SABA COUNTIES...AS THE AREA OF STORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH. * 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... SAN SABA...RICHLAND SPRINGS...EARLY...BROWNWOOD...BRADY... ALGERITA... WINCHELL...WALDRIP...US-283 NEAR THE MCCULLOCH-COLEMAN COUNTY LINE...US-67 NEAR THE COLEMAN-BROWN COUNTY LINE...US-190 NEAR THE MCCULLOCH-SAN SABA COUNTY LINE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:34:24 +0000
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