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WGUS74 KSJT 271041

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TXC413-435-271315-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

533 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SUTTON AND SCHLEICHER COUNTIES 

UNTIL 815 AM CDT...



AT 528 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAVE FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN SCHLEICHER AND NORTHERN SUTTON COUNTIES 

SINCE MIDNIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED BY 

815 AM CDT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



AT 528 AM CDT...THE SUTTON COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED THAT 3 AND 

HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SONORA SINCE MIDNIGHT. MANY 

STREETS HAVE BEEN CLOSED.  ALSO MANY BRIDGES AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS 

ARE FLOODED. DO NOT PUT YOUR LIFE AT RISK...IF YOU ENCOUNTER A 

FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. 



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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