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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

1147 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BROWN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 245 AM CDT



* AT 1145 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN REPEATEDLY TRACKING OVER

  THE SOUTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF BROWN COUNTY. NATIONAL WEATHER 

  SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 

  TO 2 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF BROWN

  COUNTY. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 1 AM...AND 

  ANOTHER 1 TO 1.5 INCHES IS EXPECTED.  



* THE BROWNWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT AND BROWN COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE 

  REPORTED NUMEROUS STREETS AND ONE UNDERPASS FLOODED IN THE CITY OF 

  BROWNWOOD. THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL WORSEN THE FLOODING. 



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER DEPTH

MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...

ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT

STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN BROWNWOOD...UNLESS IT

IS AN EMERGENCY. 



LAT...LON 3177 9914 3165 9899 3178 9876 3204 9894

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