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WGUS74 KSJT 271123

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TXC081-431-451-271330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

517 AM CST SAT MAR 27 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COKE...STERLING...AND 

NORTHWEST TOM GREEN COUNTY UNTIL 730 AM CST...



AT 510 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAVE FALLEN BETWEEN STERLING CITY AND WATER VALLEY SINCE 4 AM

...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED BY 730 AM CST. 

THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND 

POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



WATER VALLEY...ROBERT LEE ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS HEAVY RAIN...AND 

RURAL AREAS LOCATED BETWEEN STERLING CITY AND WATER VALLEY ARE ALSO 

IN THE PATH.  



THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT MOTORISTS TRAVELING THROUGH LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS EARLY THIS MORNING.  



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.



REMEMBER...WHEN WATER IS ON THE ROAD...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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