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TXC105-413-435-061745-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

959 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CROCKTETT.. 

SCHLEICHER...AND SUTTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT...



AT 955 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS OVER 

CROCKETT AND THE WESTERN HALVES OF SCHLEICHER AND SUTTON 

COUNTIES...MOVING SLOWLY NORTH. AN AREA OF HEAVIER RAIN WITH A FEW 

THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING NORTHWARD INTO FAR SOUTHERN CROCKETT AND 

FAR SOUTHWESTERN SUTTON COUNTIES. 



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN

IN PARTS OF EASTERN CROCKETT...WESTERN SCHLEICHER...AND WESTERN 

SUTTON COUNTIES...WITH NARROW BANDS OF 3 TO 5 INCH AMOUNTS. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH IS LIKELY WEST OF 

ELDORADO AND SONORA...AND SOUTH OF OZONA...THROUGH 1245 PM. 



MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND FLOODED LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS. WATER LEVELS COULD QUICKLY RISE ON SOME OF THE DRAWS AND 

STREAMS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE JOHNSON DRAW...BUCKHORN DRAW... 

GRANGER DRAW...AND DRY DEVILS RIVER. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE 

WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW 

SAFE PASSAGE. REMEMBER...MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.



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