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WGUS74 KSJT 281306

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TXZ071-072-281500-



SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

805 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM 

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR IRION AND TOM GREEN 

COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SAN ANGELO AND MERTZON.



AT 800 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM MERTZON TO SAN ANGELO...MOVING 

VERY SLOWLY NORTHWARD.



RAINFALL TOTALING 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE ADVISORY AREA 

...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 1000 

AM CDT.



HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...NORMALLY DRY DRAWS AND 

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

LOW WATER CROSSINGS ALONG THE SOUTH CONCHO RIVER WILL LIKELY BECOME 

IMPASSABLE...AS WILL INTERSECTIONS WITHIN THE CITIES OF SAN ANGELO 

AND MERTZON. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS AREAS WHERE WATER OF 

UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE ROADWAY.  

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