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WGUS74 KSJT 251618

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TXC327-251700-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

1113 AM CDT FRI OCT 25 2002



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

1200 PM CDT...



AT 1111 AM CDT...THE MENARD COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED THAT 

HIGHWAY 864 AT FORT MCKAVETT WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.  FM ROAD 

2092 NEAR MENARD WILL LIKELY BE CLOSED AROUND NOON TODAY DUE TO 

FLOODING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS WITH LOW WATER CROSSINGS...

NORMALLY DRY DRAWS AND ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS

OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS AREAS WHERE WATER OF 

UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE ROAD.  



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

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