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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

1142 PM CDT MON APR 16 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN IRION AND 

NORTHEAST CROCKETT COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT...



AT 1140 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAD FALLEN OVER WESTERN IRION COUNTY SINCE 9 PM. RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 

INCHES HAD FALLEN OVER NORTHEAST CROCKETT COUNTY. AT 1140 PM...THE 

THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WAS LOCATED 15 MILES 

NORTHEAST OF OZONA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM HAD 

WEAKENED...BUT WAS STILL PRODUCING RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER 

HOUR. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS.



NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN THE BARNHART AREA ARE FILLED WITH 

WATER. HIGHWAY 163 NORTH OF BARNHART HAS BEEN CLOSED. HIGHWAY 67 HAD 

BETWEEN 4 TO 6 INCHES OF WATER OVER THE ROAD AT THE HIGHWAY 163 

INTERSECTION. AT 1135 PM...THE IRION COUNTY SHERIFF WAS  

DISCOURAGING TRAVEL THROUGH THE BARNHART AREA.  



OVER NORTHEAST CROCKETT COUNTY...HIGHWAYS 163 AND 190 WILL LIKELY 

EXPERIENCE FLOODING NEAR THE LOW WATER CROSSINGS OF BUCKHORN DRAW. 



DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH LOW WATER CROSSINGS. THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT 

AND YOUR VEHICLE MAY BE SWEPT AWAY IN THE SWIFT CURRENT.



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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