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WGUS74 KSJT 251808

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TXC417-251900-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

107 PM CDT THU APR 25 2002



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

UNTIL 200 PM CDT...



AT 105 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NEARLY STATIONARY 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN PERSISTING OVER CENTRAL AND 

SOUTHERN SHACKELFORD COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 5 TO 7 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF 

ALBANY...AND 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER OTHER PARTS OF CENTRAL 

AND SOUTHERN SHACKELFORD COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES OF 

RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH 2 PM.



FLASH FLOODING WILL WORSEN OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF 

SHACKELFORD COUNTY. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR 

US HIGHWAY 180 WEST OF ALBANY...AND HIGHWAY 351 SOUTHWEST OF ALBANY. 



RAPID WATER RISES COULD OCCUR ON HUBBARD CREEK.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.

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