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WGUS74 KSJT 111613

FFSSJT

TXC105-235-413-435-451-111800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

1105 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 2003



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

GREEN...IRION...CROCKETT...SCHLEICHER...AND SUTTON COUNTIES

UNTIL 100 PM CDT...



AT 1055 AM CDT...THE CROCKETT COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED

THAT HIGHWAY 163 LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTH OF OZONA IS CLOSED DUE TO 

FAST MOVING WATER OVER THE ROAD.  



AT 1100 AM CDT...SAN ANGELO POLICE REPORTED SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS 

IN THE CITY WERE FLOODED AND WERE BEING BARRICADED.  



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DONT BECOME

A STATISTIC...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN...WHEN YOU COME TO A FLOODED 

LOW WATER CROSSING.



AT 1112 AM...THE LEADING EDGE OF ANOTHER BAND OF HEAVY RAIN 

STRETCHED FROM BIG LAKE...TO MERTZON...TO CHRISTOVAL AND WAS 

MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ROSS 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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