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WGUS74 KSJT 060752

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TXC049-083-061115-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

250 AM CDT SAT JUL 6 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BROWN AND COLEMAN 

COUNTIES UNTIL 615 AM CDT...



AT 233 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN

HAVE FALLEN OVER LAKE BROWNWOOD SINCE MIDNIGHT.  4 TO 6 INCHES HAS BEEN

ESTIMATED FROM ECHO TO BURKETT...AND 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CROSS CUT.



THE BROWNWOOD SHERIFF OFFICE AT 240 AM REPORTED NUMEROUS FARM 

TO MARKET ROADS CLOSED NEAR LAKE BROWNWOOD. A CAR RESCUE WAS BEING

DONE NEAR BURKETT IN COLEMAN COUNTY ON HIGHWAY 206. THE COLEMAN SHERIFF 

OFFICE REPORTED A WALL OF WATER GOING DOWN JIM NED CREEK.



STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS FROM BURKETT TO ECHO TO 17 MILES NORTH OF 

COLEMAN WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE EXTREME AMOUNTS OF RAIN OF 3 TO 4 INCHES

PER HOUR THROUGH 4 AM. THIS IS A EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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