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WGUS74 KSJT 110650

FFSSJT

TXC105-110745-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

149 AM CDT TUE MAY 11 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CROCKETT 

COUNTY UNTIL 245 AM CDT...



AT 145 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE

THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIER RAIN HAVE MOVED EAST OUT OF 

SOUTHEASTERN CROCKETT COUNTY. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE 

UNTIL 245 AM. 



DOPPER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 5.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN 

FAR SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN CROCKETT COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL OCCUR THROUGH 245 AM. LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS AND SOME DRAWS COULD BE FLOODED. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE 

ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ALONG HIGHWAYS 163 AND 1973 IN SOUTHERN CROCKETT 

COUNTY. WATER LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY RECEDE OVERNIGHT. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 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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