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WGUS74 KSJT 091649

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TXC049-319-411-091830-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

1132 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BROWN...MASON AND SAN 

SABA COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT...



AT 1130 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND RAIN GAUGE REPORTS INDICATE THAT 

6 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE AREA IN A 20 MILE WIDE 

BAND EXTENDING FROM DOSS IN NORTHERN GILLESPIE COUNTY ACROSS EASTERN 

PORTIONS OF MASON COUNTY TO FIELD CREEK IN LLANO COUNTY TO SAN SABA 

AND NORTHEAST TO NEAR GOLDWAITHE SINCE MIDNIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL UP TO 2 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED BY 130 PM CDT. THIS WILL 

CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR 

DRAINAGE AREAS.



ALSO RADAR AND RAIN GAUGE REPORTS INDICATE THAT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER EASTERN BROWN COUNTY FROM THE COMANCHE COUNTY 

LINE JUST EAST OF MAY TO BLANKET AND ZEPHYR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS IN THESE AREAS WILL TOTAL 1 TO 2 INCHES BY 130 PM. 



AT 1130 AM CDT...THE SAN SABA COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED THAT 

HIGHWAY 190 EAST AND WEST OF SAN SABA HAD WATER OVER IT AND IS 

NEARLY IMPASSABLE...IT IS EXPECTED THAT THIS HIGHWAY WILL BE CLOSED 

SOON. NUMEROUS FARM TO MARKET ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO THE FLOODING 

IN SAN SABA COUNTY. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED IN CENTRAL SAN SABA 

COUNTY. STAY PUT AND DO NOT PUT YOUR LIFE IN DANGER



THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED IN SOUTHEAST MASON COUNTY AS 

WELL. 



RANCH ROAD 218 NEAR ZEPHYR HAS WATER OVER THE ROAD



AT 1130 PM CDT...IN THE CITY OF SAN SABA CONDITIONS ARE CONTINUING 

TO DETERIORATE WITH WATER GOING INTO HOMES AND BUSINESSES. IF YOU 

NOTICE QUICKLY RISING WATER EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE CONTINUED FLOODING OF

STREETS...INTERSECTIONS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SMALL STREAMS...

DRAWS AND ARROYOS THAT ARE NORMALLY DRY ARE ALSO LIKELY TO CONTAIN

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS AREAS WHERE WATER OF

UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE ROAD.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



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