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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

735 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 AM CDT FOR CROCKETT...SUTTON...AND SCHLEICHER 

COUNTIES.



AT 730 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS EASTERN CROCKETT...AND WESTERN SUTTON 

AND SCHLEICHER COUNTIES. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF 

RAIN SINCE 6 AM ACROSS EASTERN CROCKETT...AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE 

ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST SUTTON AND 

WESTERN SCHLEICHER COUNTIES AS WELL.



HEAVY RAIN FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE NORMALLY DRY STREAMS AND 

DRAWS TO QUICKLY FILL WITH SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS. LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS ALONG THESE DRAWS MAY BECOME FLOODED...ESPECIALLY THOSE 

ALONG JOHNSON DRAW IN CROCKETT COUNTY...BUCKHORN DRAW IN SCHLEICHER 

COUNTY...AND GRANGER DRAW IN BOTH SUTTON AND SCHLEICHER COUNTIES. 



MOTORISTS TRAVELING ACROSS THE NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU ARE URGED TO 

PROCEED WITH CAUTION THROUGH MID MORNING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

WHERE WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE ROADWAY.

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