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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

125 AM CDT MON APR 23 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR BROWN COUNTY UNTIL 245

AM...



AT 125 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTY...

SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM BLANKET TO BROWNWOOD TO BROOKESMITH. THE

STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...AND WILL EXIT BROWN

COUNTY AROUND 2 AM. AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY.

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2.5 INCHES OVER

MUCH OF BROWN COUNTY...WITH A EAST TO WEST BAND OF 2.5 TO 4

INCH AMOUNTS OVER THE SOUTH-CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTY. ALTHOUGH RAIN

HAD RECENTLY ENDED IN THE CITY OF BROWNWOOD...THE BROWNWOOD POLICE

DEPARTMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS STREETS FLOODED. WATER LEVELS WILL

REMAIN HIGH IN THE BROWNWOOD AREA UNTIL LATER TONIGHT. TRAVEL

OVERNIGHT IS DISCOURAGED IN THE BROWNWOOD AREA UNLESS IT IS AN

EMERGENCY.



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.



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