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WGUS74 KSJT 260552 CCA

FFSSJT

TXC435-260715-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

1249 AM CDT MON MAY 26 2003



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

215 AM CDT...



THE SUTTON COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN SONORA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2.5 TO 4 INCHES

HAVE OCCURRED OVER AREAS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN SUTTON COUNTY...

WITH ISOLATED 4 TO 5 INCH AMOUNTS JUST SOUTHWEST OF SONORA. 



AT 1245 AM...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST 

RAINFALL HAD MOVED EAST OUT OF SUTTON COUNTY. OTHER STORMS WITH 

MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 200 AM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP 

TO ONE HALF INCH IS EXPECTED.  



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

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. DO NOT DRIVE

INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 



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