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TXC451-050230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

728 PM CDT THU JUL 4 2002



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

UNTIL 930 PM CDT...



AT 726 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING 

THUNDERSTORM ALONG US HIGHWAY 87 BETWEEN CARLSBAD AND WATER VALLEY. 

THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHWARD AT 5 MPH. NEW DEVELOPMENT COULD OCCUR 

BETWEEN ARDEN AND SAN ANGELO ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WITHIN THE 

HOUR.  



AT 720 PM...A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE IN WATER VALLEY 

REPORTED 2 1/2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN 40 MINUTES.  



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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