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WGUS74 KSJT 161512
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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1012 AM CDT TUE OCT 16 2018
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KIMBLE TX-MASON TX-
1012 AM CDT TUE OCT 16 2018
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR
KIMBLE AND MASON COUNTIES...
AT 954 AM CDT, LIGHT SHOWERS CONTINUED ACROSS KIMBLE AND MENARD
COUNTIES. THIS WILL PRODUCE 1/10 TO 1/4 INCH OF RAINFALL THROUGH
NOON. HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 6 INCHES HAS OCCURRED SINCE MIDNIGHT.
SIX TO OVER 8 INCHES HAS OCCURRED IN SOUTHEAST KIMBLE AND SOUTHERN
MASON COUNTIES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. TEXAS DOT HAS INDICATED ROAD
CLOSURES OF 377 SOUTH OF JUNCTION, FM 2168 EAST OF JUNCTION, RM 479
EAST OF SEGOVIA, SH 71 EAST OF FREDONIA, FM 1871 AND FM 2389 SOUTH
OF MASON. IN ADDITION, LOW WATER CROSSING ARE FILLED THROUGH MASON
AND KIMBLE COUNTIES. BIG SALINE CREEK SOUTH OF LONDON IS FULL AND 30
FEET HIGH. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JUNCTION, MASON, ART, LOYAL VALLEY, YATES CROSSING, STREETER, CAMP
AIR, HILDA, GRIT, KATEMCY, TELEGRAPH, PONTOTOC, FREDONIA, SEGOVIA,
HEDWIGS HILL, LONG MOUNTAIN, LONDON, SOUTH LLANO RIVER STATE PARK,
THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 29 AND RANCH ROAD 1222 AND US-
87 NEAR THE MASON-GILLESPIE COUNTY LINE.
IN ADDITION...MAJOR RIVER FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG THE LLANO
RIVER. AVOID DRIVING IN AREAS NEAR THE RIVER AS A FLOOD WAVE MOVES
DOWN THE RIVER. SEE RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR THE LASTEST UPDATES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS
WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS, COUNTRY ROADS, FARMLAND, AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
LAT...LON 3029 10000 3071 9976 3072 9948 3094 9948
3094 9909 3092 9909 3092 9896 3050 9896
3050 9930 3029 9930
MKD
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