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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

923 AM CDT SAT JUN 15 2002



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

UNTIL 1015 AM CDT...



AT 920 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN  

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN FROM THE OVER THE CITY OF SAN ANGELO... 

AND ALONG HIGHWAY 87 NORTH THROUGH GRAPE CREEK TO EAST OF WATER 

VALLEY. RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN TOM GREEN COUNTY...INCLUDING SAN ANGELO. 

THE STORMS WERE MOVING MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE RAIN WILL 

TAPER OFF IN SAN ANGELO BETWEEN 945 AM AND 1015 AM...BUT AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY. 



OVER EASTERN TOM GREEN COUNTY...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO 

INCHES OF RAIN WILL OCCUR THROUGH 1015 AM. 



STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SAN ANGELO...AND THE SITUATION 

WILL WORSEN UNTIL AFTER THE RAIN SUBSIDES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED 

UNTIL THE WATER LEVELS RECEDE. 



FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL OCCUR 

THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND EASTERN TOM GREEN COUNTY. SMALL CREEK 

FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY.  



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

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.

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