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TXC105-413-435-081745-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

950 AM CDT TUE OCT 8 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CROCKETT... 

SCHLEICHER AND SUTTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT...



UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ON THE ACTON RANCH IN SOUTHEAST 

CROCKETT COUNTY OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING. OTHER AREAS HAVE 

RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN.



AT 945 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SCHLEICHER AND SUTTON 

COUNTIES THROUGH 11 AM. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO END FROM WEST TO EAST 

ACROSS CROCKETT COUNTY. UP TO ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN MAY FALL ACROSS 

SCHLEICHER AND SUTTON COUNTIES THIS MORNING. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO 

PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



IN CROCKETT COUNTY...HIGHWAY 163 SOUTH OF OZONA...IS CLOSED BY HIGH 

WATER. IN SUTTON COUNTY...HIGHWAY 189...FARM TO RANCH ROAD 

1691...THE FORT MCKAVETT HIGHWAY...AND COUNTY ROADS 202 AND 406 ARE 

CLOSED. OTHER ROADS IN THE NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU MAY ALSO BE 

CLOSED OR HAVE WATER ACROSS THEM.



DRIVERS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF 

UNKNOWN DEPTH. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND 

SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

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