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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

1210 AM CDT TUE OCT 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CROCKETT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS

  SUTTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 1205 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY     

  RAINS MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH INTO THE SOUTHERN CORNER OF 

  CROCKETT...AND THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF SUTTON COUNTY.



* RAINFALL TOTALING 4 TO 6 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA     

  SINCE MONDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES CAN  

  BE EXPECTED BY 6 AM. THIS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING OF DRAWS AND LOW   

  WATER CROSSINGS. 



PEOPLE ALONG THE DRY DEVILS RIVER AND JOHNSON DRAW SHOULD LOOK FOR 

RAPIDLY RISING WATER. LOW WATER CROSSINGS ALONG RANCH ROAD 1973 AND 

STATE HIGHWAY 163 IN EASTERN CROCKETT COUNTY...AND RANCH ROADS 

189...864...1691...AND 1989 IN SUTTON COUNTY WILL LIKELY BECOME 

FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE.    



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...

ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT

STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3032 10165 3030 10014 3070 10019 3068 10100

          3106 10101 3106 10166

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