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WGUS74 KSJT 311033

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TXC105-435-311215-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

522 AM CDT TUE AUG 31 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN SUTTON 

AND SOUTHERN CROCKETT COUNTIES UNTIL 715 AM CDT...



THE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS HAS DECREASED. AT 520 AM 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A FEW LINGERING 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SUTTON AND CROCKETT COUNTIES.

THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DISSIPATE DURING THE EARLY MORNING 

HOURS. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE

QUARTER OF AN INCH.



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 WERE CLOSED IN WEST AND SOUTHWEST SUTTON COUNTY...DUE

TO HIGH WATER. 



DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH OCCURRED...FLOODING OF LOW WATER

CROSSINGS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH DAYBREAK ACROSS WESTERN 

SUTTON AND SOUTHEASTERN CROCKETT. 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. WATER LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY RECEDE DURING

THE MORNING.   



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE 

THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE 

ALERT FOR FLOODED ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. TURN AROUND...

DONT DROWN   



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