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WGUS74 KSJT 050106

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TXC451-050230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

803 PM CDT SAT MAY 4 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TOM GREEN COUNTY 

UNTIL 930 PM CDT...



AT 800 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER 

OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN TOM GREEN COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 15 

MPH.



RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 2.5 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE SAN ANGELO 

AREA...AND OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN TOM GREEN COUNTY. THE STORMS 

WILL EXIT TOM GREEN COUNTY BY 830 PM. 



ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED IN THE SAN ANGELO AREA...SIGNIFICANT 

FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED. MANY STREETS ARE FLOODED AND 

IMPASSIBLE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED 

UNTIL 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.

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