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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

140 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TOM GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 315 PM CST



* AT 137 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER SAN ANGELO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...

   VERIBEST AT 155 PM CST

   ORIENT AT 210 PM CST



* RAINFALL TOTALING UP 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN QUICKLY IN 20 MINUTES  

...AS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVED THROUGH SAN ANGELO AROUND 130 PM. 

THIS WATER WILL RUNOFF AND PRODUCE FLASH 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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3118 10063 3134 10026 3172 10025 3166 10058

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