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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

838 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005



TXC081-431-150315-

STERLING TX-COKE TX-

838 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR COKE AND

STERLING COUNTIES...



AT 836 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING 

ACROSS MUCH OF STERLING AND COKE COUNTIES.  THE RAIN WAS MOVING 

NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY 

THROUGH 1015 PM. 



STERLING COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS HIGHWAY 163 NORTH IS CLOSED 

DUE TO FLOODING ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF STERLING CITY. ALTHOUGH THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS 

STERLING AND WESTERN COKE COUNTIES.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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 3208 10126 3157 10127 3157 10087 3171 10087

      3170 10024 3208 10024



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