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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

207 AM CDT TUE AUG 31 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CROCKETT AND WESTERN

SUTTON COUNTIES UNTIL 315 AM CDT...



AT 200 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN SUTTON AND SOUTHERN CROCKETT 

COUNTIES...MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS WERE 

OVER NORTHEAST CROCKETT COUNTY. 



THE SUTTON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 1989 AND HIGHWAY 

189 HAVE BEEN CLOSED IN WEST AND SOUTHWEST SUTTON COUNTY...DUE

TO HIGH WATER. 



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN

SOUTHWEST SUTTON COUNTY WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OVER 6 INCHES. TWO

TO FOUR INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN SOUTHEASTERN CROCKETT COUNTY. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO ONE INCH WILL OCCUR IN THESE AREAS. 



FLASH FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS IS LIKELY ACROSS WESTERN 

SUTTON AND SOUTHEASTERN CROCKETT COUNTIES. FLOODING ALONG THE DRY 

DEVILS RIVER IS ALSO LIKELY. IN SOUTHERN CROCKETT COUNTY...

FLOODING COULD OCCUR ALONG THE JOHNSON DRAW...AND ALONG PARTS OF 

HIGHWAY 163 AND HIGHWAY 1973.  



TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN 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.



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