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WGUS54 KSJT 212116

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TXC235-212315-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

413 PM CDT SAT AUG 21 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  IRION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 615 PM CDT



* AT 408 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER WEST CENTRAL IRION COUNTY...OR

  ABOUT 23 MILES NORTHEAST OF BIG LAKE. THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH    

  FLOODING WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT THE  

  INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 163 AND 2469 WAS FLOODED. RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

  OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED BY RADAR WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 

  TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH 6 PM...AND THIS WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL 

  FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER      

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN IRION COUNTY.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



LAT...LON 3130 10126 3129 10103 3152 10100 3151 10126



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