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TXC411-200930-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

140 AM CDT FRI AUG 20 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SAN SABA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 430 AM CDT



* AT 132 AM CDT...SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL     

  WERE MOVING EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH ACROSS SAN SABA COUNTY. RAINFALL   

  TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVE LIKELY FALLEN FROM STORMS JUST SOUTH  

  OF THE TOWN OF SAN SABA...AS WELL AS ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER FROM 

  ELM GROVE SOUTHEAST TO SPRING CREEK.



* WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL         

  CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST HALF OF SAN SABA COUNTY THROUGH      

  430 AM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE. THIS   

  RAIN WILL FALL ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND AND CAUSE RAPID RISES   

  ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS. LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND OTHER POOR       

  DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS.



TURN AROUND DONT DROWN 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.



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.



LAT...LON 3132 9907 3104 9877 3103 9849 3136 9869

      3145 9908



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