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TXC059-151-253-353-441-061615-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

928 AM CDT SAT JUL 6 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM FOR 

FISHER...NOLAN AND CALLAHAN COUNTIES...AND UNTIL 230 PM FOR TAYLOR 

AND JONES COUNTIES...



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9 AM...FROM WEST CENTRAL CALLAHAN COUNTY...THROUGH 

CENTRAL TAYLOR COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED THREE HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS OF 

3 TO 4 INCHES OVER WESTERN JONES AND NORTHEAST NOLAN COUNTIES.   



AT 9 AM CDT...ABILENE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT SOME HOMES 

ALONG CEDAR CREEK WERE FLOODED AND THAT EVACUATIONS WERE UNDERWAY. 

EMERGENCY SHELTERS HAVE BEEN OPENED IN THE CITY OF ABILENE.



HIGHWAY 89 NEAR BUFFALO GAP WAS REPORTED IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH 

WATER.



AT 925 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 

CONTINUE FROM EASTERN NOLAN COUNTY...THROUGH TAYLOR COUNTY AND 

SOUTHERN CALLAHAN COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL LIKELY CONTINUE 

OVER CENTRAL TAYLOR COUNTY THROUGH LATE MORNING. HOURLY RAINFALL OF 

2 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.

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