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WGUS74 KSJT 050623

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TXC353-050815-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

118 AM CDT SUN MAY 5 2002



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NOLAN 

COUNTY UNTIL 315 AM...



AT 115 AM CDT THE NOLAN COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN IN SWEETWATER. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES SHOW 2 TO 3 

INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS OVER MUCH OF THE 

COUNTY. WITH MORE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE AREA EXPECT UP 

TO ONE INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM 115 AM TO 315 AM ACROSS MUCH 

OF NOLAN COUNTY. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS

AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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