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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

614 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STERLING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS

  COKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT



* AT 606 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN STERLING 

  COUNTY REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROAD ALONG HIGHWAY 163 10 TO

  15 MILES NORTH OF STERLING CITY.  LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL 

  IN COKE COUNTY REPORTED WATER RISING ALONG HIGHWAY 158 WEST 

  OF ROBERT LEE.  



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  SPENCE RESERVOIR NEAR PAINT CREEK RECREATION AREA...TENNYSON...

  STERLING CITY...SILVER...SANCO...BROOME AND BRONTE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 10 PM TONIGHT.



CONTINUED 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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE 

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS 

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3208 10126 3157 10127 3157 10087 3171 10087

      3170 10024 3208 10024



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