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WGUS74 KSJT 241232

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TXC081-399-451-241445-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

732 AM CDT THU OCT 24 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SUTTON AND KIMBLE  

COUNTIES UNTIL 845 AM CDT...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MASON COUNTY UNTIL 

945 AM CDT...



AT 725 AM CDT...RADAR SHOWED ANOTHER AREA OF MODERATE RAIN WITH 

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN APPROACHING SONORA AND 

JUNCTION FROM THE SOUTHWEST.  THIS RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AGGRAVATE 

THE FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS ACROSS SUTTON...KIMBLE...AND 

MASON COUNTIES THIS MORNING.



EARLIER THIS MORNING A PARK RANGER FROM THE STATE PARK NEAR JUNCTION 

REPORTED FLOODING ON HIGHWAY 377 NEAR TELEGRAPH...AND ALSO REPORTED 

FLOODING ON A STATE PARK COUNTY ROAD LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF JUNCTION.



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.

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