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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

511 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005



TXC081-353-132221-

NOLAN TX-COKE TX-

511 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR COKE AND NOLAN COUNTIES IS

CANCELLED...



THE HEAVY RAIN THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR COKE AND NOLAN HAS 

WEAKENED...THEREFORE THE WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THESE TWO 

COUNTIES.  



LAT...LON 3159 10126 3163 10087 3171 10087 3171 10083

      3208 10082 3209 10126



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TXC431-132345-

STERLING TX-

511 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR STERLING

COUNTY...



AT 508 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED UP TO 6 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS IN NORTHERN STERLING 

COUNTY...AND RADAR ESTIMATES OF OVER 2 INCHES IN THE PAST THREE 

HOURS COVER A WIDE AREA FROM NORTH THROUGH WEST OF STERLING CITY.  

BAR DITCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 163 WERE FULL.  SINCE THE HEAVY RAIN IS 

CONTINUING...ROADWAYS MAY SOON BECOME INUNDATED WITH WATER... 

ESPECIALLY IN LOW SPOTS.  HIGHWAY 158 WEST OF STERLING WILL ALSO 

LIKELY HAVE WATER OVER THE ROAD ALONG ITS MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS.  

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



TURN AROUND DONT DROWN DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE 

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW 

YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3159 10126 3163 10087 3171 10087 3171 10083       

3208 10082 3209 10126



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