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WGUS74 KSJT 220231

FFSSJT

TXC095-327-220330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

929 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MENARD AND SOUTHERN 

CONCHO COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...



AT 925 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTING

OVER SOUTHERN CONCHO AND NORTHERN MENARD COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE

MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA SINCE 700 PM. THE HEAVIEST 

RAIN HAS FALLEN IN FAR NORTHERN MENARD COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF

1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH 1015 PM CDT. 



THE MENARD COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF A

LIQUOR STORE ALONG HIGHWAY 83 IN FAR NORTHERN MENARD COUNTY...NEAR THE 

CONCHO COUNTY LINE.  SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS LIKELY ACROSS THE WARNED

AREA. THIS HAS BECOME A DANGEROUS SITUATION...AND TRAVEL IS STRONGLY 

DISCOURAGED UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT 

NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW SAFE PASSAGE.

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



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