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WGUS54 KSJT 290313

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TXC081-451-290500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

ISSUED BY NWS MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1013 PM CDT SUN JUL 28 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS

  TOM GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 1005 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAINFALL IN A THUNDERSTORM THAT REMAINED STATIONARY OVER

  CHRISTOVAL... ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF SAN ANGELO. AN AREA OF HEAVY

  RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED OVER MUCH OF TOM GREEN

  AND COKE COUNTIES.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  BRONTE...ROBERT LEE AND SAN ANGELO



RADAR HAS INDICATED MORE THAN 4 INCHES OF RAIN OVER SOUTHERN AND 

EASTERN TOM GREEN COUNTY AND EASTERN COKE COUNTY. LARGE AREAS WITHIN 

THESE COUNTIES ARE ESTIMATED TO HAVE RECEIVED IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES 

OF RAIN. SATELLITE RAINFALL RATE ESTIMATES OVER SOUTHWEST TOM GREEN 

COUNTY CONTINUE TO BE IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR. AREAS MOST AT 

RISK FOR FLOODING INCLUDE CHRISTOVAL... WALL... BRONTE



DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR 

IN AUTOMOBILES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT 

TO RECOGNIZE FLOOD DANGERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.



LAT...LON 3187 10072 3169 10081 3155 10068 3111 10067

          3123 10024 3124 10027 3145 10010 3158 10012

          3159 10026 3169 10025 3206 10026 3207 10050  



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