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WGUS54 KSJT 310820

FFWSJT

TXC105-435-311215-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

314 AM CDT TUE AUG 31 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN CROCKETT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS

  WESTERN SUTTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 715 AM CDT



* AT 312 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA

  OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTING ACROSS WESTERN

  SUTTON AND SOUTHERN CROCKETT COUNTIES. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS 

  WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTH AT 10 MPH. 



* THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE WEAKENING...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

  AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH WILL OCCUR...WITH ISOLATED

  LOCATIONS RECEIVING UP TO ONE INCH. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL

  GRADUALLY DISSIPATE TOWARD DAYBREAK.   



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

  SOUTHWEST SUTTON COUNTY SINCE 10 PM...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OVER 

  6 INCHES. TWO TO FOUR INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN SOUTHEASTERN 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. 



* DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH OCCURRED...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.



LAT...LON 3030 10123 3031 10069 3068 10073 3068 10104

      3067 10129 3069 10161 3031 10164



$$



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000 

WGUS54 KSJT 310820

FFWSJT

TXC105-435-311215-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

314 AM CDT TUE AUG 31 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN CROCKETT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS

  WESTERN SUTTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 715 AM CDT



* AT 312 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA

  OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTING ACROSS WESTERN

  SUTTON AND SOUTHERN CROCKETT COUNTIES. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS 

  WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTH AT 10 MPH. 



* THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE WEAKENING...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

  AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH WILL OCCUR...WITH ISOLATED

  LOCATIONS RECEIVING UP TO ONE INCH. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL

  GRADUALLY DISSIPATE TOWARD DAYBREAK.   



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

  SOUTHWEST SUTTON COUNTY SINCE 10 PM...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OVER 

  6 INCHES. TWO TO FOUR INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN SOUTHEASTERN 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. 



* DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH OCCURRED...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.



LAT...LON 3030 10123 3031 10069 3068 10073 3068 10104

      3067 10129 3069 10161 3031 10164



$$



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