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WGUS74 KSJT 200835

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TXC049-083-201100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

335 AM CDT FRI AUG 20 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BROWN AND COLEMAN 

COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM CDT...



AT 321 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT IN A 10 MILE WIDE BAND FROM SANTA ANNA 

SOUTHEAST TO BETWEEN BANGS AND BROOKESMITH TO JUST SOUTH OF ZEPHYR. 

HIGH WATER WAS REPORTED ON SEVERAL ROADS IN BROOKESMITH...WITH HIGH 

WATER ALSO LIKELY ACROSS LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE 

AREAS ALONG RANCH ROAD 1176...RANCH ROAD 586...AND RANCH ROAD 45.



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS ENDED FOR THE MOMENT...LIGHTER 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 6 

AM...PRODUCING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH. 

THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL PREVENT AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS FROM 

RECEDING UNTIL THE RAIN STOPS.



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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