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WGUS74 KSJT 132351

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TXC083-095-307-319-327-399-140230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

650 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004



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

COLEMAN...CONCHO...MCCULLOCH...MENARD...AND MASON COUNTIES

UNTIL 930 PM CDT...



AT 634 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM MASON COUNTY REPORTED 

6 TO 8 INCHES OF WATER OVER HIGHWAY 29 WEST OF MASON.  RAINFALL 

RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR HAVE OCCURRED OVER NORTHWESTERN MASON 

COUNTY.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT ISOLATED AREAS OF NORTHERN 

MASON COUNTY RECEIVED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 5 PM.  



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER THE WARNED COUNTIES UNTIL 10 

PM TONIGHT.  RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE 

POSSIBLE OVER ISOLATED AREAS.  THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE 

FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.



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