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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

710 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



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SCHLEICHER TX-CROCKETT TX-SUTTON TX-

710 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR

SUTTON...CROCKETT AND SCHLEICHER COUNTIES...



AT 706 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FM 915 

BETWEEN ELDORADO AND MERTZON IS CLOSED DUE TO FOUR FEET OF WATER 

OVER THE ROAD AT WHITTEN DRAW. 



THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SUTTON...SCHLEICHER AND 

CROCKETT COUNTIES.  THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING ISOLATED AREAS OF 

MODERATE RAINFALL.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE INCH IS 

POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.



EXPECT WATER LEVELS IN CREEKS AND DRAWS TO REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE 

MORNING HOURS.  NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL LIKELY BE FLOODED 

FROM OVERNIGHT HEAVY RAINS.  THESE WATERS WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE DUE 

TO THE ADDITIONALL RAINFALL OCCURRING OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

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



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING

FOR WESTERN TEXAS.



LAT...LON 3108 10168 3107 10014 3032 10019 3031 10164

TIME...MOT...LOC 1210Z 180DEG 0KT 3112 10062



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