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WGUS74 KSJT 201008

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TXC059-441-201100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

501 AM CDT FRI AUG 20 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TAYLOR AND CALLAHAN 

COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM CDT...



AT 500 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 1 TO 2 1/2 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAVE FALLEN FROM MERKEL TO ABILENE SINCE 3 AM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

AROUND 1 INCH HAVE FALLEN NORTHERN CALLAHAN COUNTY FROM CLYDE TO 

BAIRD...AND ALONG THE SOUTHERN CALLAHAN COUNTY LINE FROM OPLIN TO 

BAIRD.



VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FROM MERKEL TO ABILENE IN 

TAYLOR COUNTY AT 5 AM...AND MOVE EAST AT 25 MPH THROUGH MUCH OF 

CALLAHAN COUNTY. LOOK FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 1/2 

INCHES THROUGH 6 AM. ABILENE MAY SEE 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH. THIS WILL 

CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR 

DRAINAGE AREAS.



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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