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WGUS74 KSJT 260337

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TXC105-260430-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

1029 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2003



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

1130 PM CDT...



AT 1026 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS

WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF CROCKETT COUNTY. RADAR

ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER A GOOD PORTION

OF CROCKETT COUNTY...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES 

SOUTHWEST OF OZONA. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY

OVER EASTERN CROCKETT COUNTY THROUGH 1130 PM. FLASH FLOODING IS

LIKELY. 



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. DO NOT CAMP

NEAR RIVERS...STREAMS...OR LOW LYING AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING. HEAVY

RAIN FROM UPSTREAM LOCATIONS WILL PRODUCE LARGE AND RAPID RISES TO

RIVERS AND CREEKS. MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD

WATERS.



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