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WGUS74 KSJT 240436

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TXC081-399-240530-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

1135 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COKE AND RUNNELS 

COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT...



AT 1120 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN OVER FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF BRONTE TO WINTERS...TO 10 

MILES NORTHEAST OF WINTERS.



AT 1120 PM CDT...THE RUNNELS SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED THAT THERE WAS 

HIGH WATER IN ROADWAYS IN WINTERS. NO MAJOR PROBLEMS WERE REPORTED 

HOWEVER. THERE WAS ALSO A PUBLIC REPORT OF WATER OVER THE ROADWAY IN 

SOUTHEAST COKE COUNTY...ON FM 2662 AND HIGHWAY 277.



NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST 

AT 20 MPH ACROSS RUNNELS AND SOUTHEAST COKE COUNTIES THROUGH 1230 

AM. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS LIKELY ACROSS EASTERN 

RUNNELS COUNTY. AMOUNTS AROUND 1/2 INCH ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE REST 

OF RUNNELS AND SOUTHEAST COKE COUNTIES.  



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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