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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

920 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MENARD COUNTY UNTIL 1000 AM 

CDT...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND 

INTENSITY ACROSS MENARD COUNTY. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE 

THROUGH 1000 AM ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF MENARD COUNTY TO THE EAST 

OF HIGHWAY 83. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS THAN A TENTH 

OF AN INCH.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL 

EARLIER THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTHERN MENARD COUNTY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 190

AND ALSO OVER SOUTHWEST MENARD COUNTY TO THE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 190 

AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 83.



MODERATE RISES OF THE SAN SABA RIVER CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR MENARD AND 

WHERE THE RIVER CROSSES HIGHWAY 83 JUST SOUTH OF MENARD.



RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK 

HIGHER GROUND.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

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