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WGUS74 KSJT 212157

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TXC049-083-307-411-212300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

458 PM CDT SAT AUG 21 2004



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

MCCULLOCH AND SAN SABA COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...



AT 443 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAVE FALLEN OVER ISOLATED AREAS IN THE WARNED COUNTIES SINCE 3 

PM...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO 1 INCH EXPECTED BY 600 PM CDT. 

OVER THE LAST 6 TO 8 HOURS...SAN SABA HAS RECEIVED AS MUCH AS 8 

INCHES OF RAIN.  ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING 

OF URBAN AREAS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



COUNTY OFFICIALS AND TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS 

HAVE REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS ARE FLOODED IN NORTHWESTERN MCCULLOCH 

COUNTY...CENTRAL COLEMAN COUNTY...SOUTHERN HALF OF BROWN COUNTY AND 

MUCH OF SAN SABA 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.



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