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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

733 PM CDT SAT MAY 4 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TOM GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT



* AT 730 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER  

  OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN OVER SAN ANGELO...MOVING     

  SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. 



* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN SINCE 

  645 PM...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1.5 TO 2 INCHES IS LIKELY THROUGH 830   

  PM. 



* AMATUER RADIO OPERATORS AND OTHER REPORTS INDICATE SIGNIFICANT     

  STREET FLOODING OCCURRING IN SAN ANGELO.  THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY     

  RAIN WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. 



THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION...AND TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED IN 

SAN ANGELO UNTIL THE RAIN SUBSIDES AND THE FLOODWATERS SUBSIDE. 

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.



LAT...LON 3154 10065 3118 10061 3118 10016 3150 10021

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