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TXC059-151-207-253-417-441-061400-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

720 AM CDT SAT JUL 6 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR JONES...TAYLOR... 

SHACKELFORD...AND HASKELL COUNTIES UNTIL 900 AM CDT...AND FOR FISHER 

AND CALLAHAN COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 PM...



AT 715 AM...HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDED FROM ROTAN TO MERKEL TO BUFFALO 

GAP...AND FROM TUSCOLA TO CROSS PLAINS. THIS AREA WILL SEE 2 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAINFALL THROUGH 9 AM.



RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER PARTS OF 

THE BIG COUNTRY THIS MORNING. OVER FIVE INCHES HAS FALLEN IN ABILENE.



NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSINGS HAVE OCCURRED IN ABILENE. AT 7 AM THE 

UNDERPASS AT FIRST AND SOUTH STREETS WAS FLOODED. FLOODING WAS ALSO 

BEING REPORTED ALONG CAT CLAW CREEK....CEDAR CREEK...AND BUTTON 

WILLOW CREEK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ABILENE. 



FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS HAS OCCURRED OVER MUCH OF THE BIG 

COUNTRY THIS MORNING. WATER OF ONLY 2 FEET DEPTH CAN CARRY AWAY 

VEHICLES.  

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