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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

1010 AM CDT FRI JUL 5 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KIMBLE COUNTY AND 

MASON COUNTY UNTIL 1200 PM CDT...



AT 1010 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 2 AND ONE HALF 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN AND EASTERN KIMBLE COUNTY 

IN THE LAST 2 HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO 2 INCHES IS LIKELY IN 

SOME AREAS OF EASTERN KIMBLE COUNTY AND ALL OF MASON COUNTY BY 1200 

PM CDT. THIS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE 

FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



AT 1000 AM CDT...THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN JUNCTION

REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED IN KIMBLE COUNTY. HIGHWAY 377 SOUTH 

FROM JUNCTION TO ROCKSPRINGS IS CLOSED AS IS HIGHWAY 290 EAST TO 

HARPER. ALSO...FM 2169...479...AND 385 ARE CLOSED. ALL THESE ROADS 

HAVE WATER OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. DO NOT CAMP

NEAR RIVERS...STREAMS...OR LOW LYING AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING. HEAVY

RAIN FROM UPSTREAM LOCATIONS WILL PRODUCE LARGE AND RAPID RISES TO

RIVERS AND CREEKS. MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD

WATERS.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS ANY LOCATION WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO 

CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

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