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WGUS74 KSJT 252057

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TXC417-252200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

353 PM CDT THU APR 25 2002



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

UNTIL 500 PM CDT...



AT 357 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 6 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAVE FALLEN IN AND AROUND THE ALBANY AREA SINCE 1100 AM...WITH 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED BY 500 PM CDT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO 

PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE ADVISING PEOPLE TO EVACUATE LOW LYING AREAS OF  

NEAR AND AROUND THE CITY OF ALBANY. ALSO PERSONS NEAR HUBBARD 

CREEK SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING OF

STREETS...INTERSECTIONS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SMALL STREAMS...

DRAWS AND ARROYOS THAT ARE NORMALLY DRY ARE ALSO LIKELY TO CONTAIN

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS AREAS WHERE WATER OF

UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE ROAD.

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