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WGUS74 KSJT 040447

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TXC399-040600-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

1145 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RUNNELS COUNTY UNTIL 

100 AM CDT...



AT 1142 PM CDT...THE RUNNELS COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED THAT 

MANY ROADS REMAIN FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE IN BALLINGER. RADAR HAS 

ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN AND NEAR 

BALLINGER SINCE 9 PM...WITH ANOTHER HALF INCH OF RAIN LIKELY BY 1 

AM. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED...STREETS AND ROADS WILL 

REMAIN IMPASSABLE THROUGH 1 AM AND IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL MORE HOURS 

FOR THE FLOODWATER TO DRAIN OFF OF AREA ROADWAYS.



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 

REMEMBER...MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES AND FLASH FLOOD 

CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT.



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