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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

1245 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



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COKE TX-TOM GREEN TX-IRION TX-SCHLEICHER TX-CROCKETT TX-SUTTON TX-

1245 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR

WESTERN SUTTON...EASTERN CROCKETT...WESTERN SCHLEICHER...EASTERN

IRION...TOM GREEN AND SOUTHEASTERN COKE COUNTIES...



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

CARLSBAD...GRAPE CREEK...VERIBEST...ORIENT AND TENNYSON



AT 1242 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THSES 

STORMS EXTENDED FROM EASTERN CROCKETT COUNTY NORTH ACROSS SCHLEICHER

AND TOM GREEN COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

RAINFALL OF 1.5 TO 3 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING

AREA...AND AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO ONE INCH IS LIKELY THROUGH 130 AM.



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3182 10052 3180 10026 3158 10030 3157 10013

      3031 10071 3030 10147

TIME...MOT...LOC 0545Z 204DEG 34KT 3133 10038



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