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WGUS54 KSJT 210702

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TXC105-235-211300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

1258 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  IRION COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS

  CROCKETT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 700 AM CST



* AT 1258 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY   

RAIN ACROSS MOST OF CROCKETT AND IRION COUNTIES...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 

LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN FROM THE WEST.  



THE WARNED AREA HAS ALREADY SEEN ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN AND IT 

IS EXPECTED ANOTHER INCH OR TWO WILL FALL OVER THE WARNED AREA 

BEFORE SUNRISE.  SINCE THE GROUND IS SATURATED...RUNOFF WILL PRODUCE 

FLASH FLOODING.



MOTORIST TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 10 AS WELL AS PEOPLE NEAR FLOOD 

PRONE AREAS ACROSS CROCKETT AND IRION COUNTIES SHOULD USE EXTREME 

CAUTION FOR RAPIDLY RISING CREEKS...STREAMS AND ARROYOS.  RESIDENTS 

OF URBAN AREAS SHOULD ALSO USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING THIS 

MORNING INCLUDING RESIDENTS OF OZONA...BARNHART AND MERTZON. 



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER DEPTH

MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.



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 10166 3150 10123 3140 10071 3109 10082

          3108 10096 3069 10096 3035 10111



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