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WGUS74 KSJT 060347

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TXC451-060445-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

1044 PM CDT MON APR 5 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TOM GREEN COUNTY 

UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...



AT 1040 PM CDT...THE SAN ANGELO POLICE DEPARTMENT REPOTED THAT 

SEVERAL STREETS IN THE CITY WERE FLOODED AND HAD BARRICADES PLACED 

ON THEM. THE TOM GREEN COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED THAT SWAIN 

AND POST OAK ROADS WERE CLOSED IN THE COUNTY...DUE TO FLOODING.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT 1040 PM INDICATED THAT 

THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAVE MOVED INTO FAR EASTERN TOM 

GREEN COUNTY AT 1040 PM. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN

HAVE FALLEN IN MUCH OF TOM GREEN COUNTY. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS 

WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE COUNTY THROUGH

1145 PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL 

OCCUR.



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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