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WGUS74 KSJT 110730

FFSSJT

TXC435-110800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

228 AM CDT TUE MAY 11 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SUTTON COUNTY UNTIL 

300 AM CDT...



AT 225 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE

THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIER RAIN HAVE MOVED EAST OUT OF SUTTON 

COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 

FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF SUTTON COUNTY. SHOWERS 

AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE PAST 300 AM...WITH ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE HALF INCH. 



SOME DRAWS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS COULD BE FLOODED. MOTORISTS 

SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ALONG HIGHWAYS 277...1989...AND 189 IN 

SOUTHERN SUTTON COUNTY. WATER LEVELS WILL 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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