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WGUS74 KSJT 010118

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TXC413-435-010330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

820 PM CDT TUE AUG 31 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SCHLEICHER AND SUTTON 

UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...



AT 800 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH LIGHT RAINS CONTINUED OVER SUTTON 

AND SOUTHERN SCHLEICHER COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 1/4 INCH 

CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 1030 PM IN THESE AREAS THROUGH 1030 PM.



THE SUTTON COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED AND 

CLOSED...MAINLY IN SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF SUTTON COUNTY. THESE 

INCLUDED...HIGHWAY 1989 TO JUNO...HIGHWAY 1989 TO CAVERNS OF 

SONORA...405 AND 110. OVERNIGHT AND TODAY...SIX INCHES OF RAIN WAS 

REPORTED AT THE CAVERNS OF SONORA...WITH 10 INCHES AT THE END OF 

HIGHWAY 1989. THREE INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED IN SONORA ITSELF 

THIS AFTERNOON...AND DRAWS WERE RUNNING FULL. 



THE SCHLEICHER COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE WAS NOT REPORTING ANY 

PROBLEMS...HOWEVER DRIVERS SHOULD LOOK OUT FOR FLOODED LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS IN SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY...MAINLY TOWARD SONORA 

WHERE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL FELL THIS AFTERNOON.    



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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