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WGUS74 KSJT 290111

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TXZ077-290315-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

805 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SCHLEICHER COUNTY 

UNTIL 1015 PM CDT...



AT 805 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF SCHLEICHER 

COUNTY WERE QUICKLY DISSIPATING. THE RAIN SHOULD END BY 830 OR 845 

PM. 



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 1.75 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 

OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN SCHLEICHER COUNTY SINCE 3 PM. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL WILL BE LESS THAN TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. 



HIGHWAY 915 WAS CLOSED JUST WEST OF ELDORADO ALONG FINNIGAN DRAW. 

SOME ROADS IN EASTERN SCHLEICHER COUNTY MAY BE FLOODED IN THE 

VICINITY OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 



THE HIGH WATER LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY RECEDE THROUGH THE LATE EVENING 

HOURS. WITH THE ONSET OF NIGHTFALL...MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE 

WITH EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. DO NOT TRY 

TO DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 



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