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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

819 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 1030 PM FOR SCURRY COUNTY...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SCURRY COUNTY UNTIL 1030

PM CDT.  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE BEEN OCCURRING

OVER PORTIONS OF SCURRY COUNTY SINCE 630 PM.  AS OF 800 PM...THE

HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN IN NORTHEAST SCURRY COUNTY...AND ALSO ALONG

THE DEEP CREEK BASIN BETWEEN SNYDER AND DERMOTT.



WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED FLASH FLOODING NEAR THE INTERSECTION

OF HIGHWAYS 2763 AND 208 IN THE VICINITY OF SNYDER...AND FLOODING

WAS ALSO REPORTED ALONG THE ROADWAY AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 84

AND 1611.  WEATHER SPOTTERS WERE ALSO REPORTING RUSHING WATER IN AREA

CREEKS SOUTH OF SNYDER.



OF GREATEST CONCERN THIS HOUR IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ALONG

DEEP CREEK...ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE TOWN OF SNYDER.  RAINFALL ACROSS

THE DEEP CREEK BASIN BETWEEN SNYDER AND DERMOTT HAS BEEN AVERAGING

BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES IN PLACES...AND THIS COULD RESULT IN SEVERAL

FEET OF WATER MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH SNYDER LATER TONIGHT.



IT IS POSSIBLE THAT 5 TO 10 FEET OF WATER COULD FLOW DOWN DEEP CREEK

THROUGH SNYDER LATER TONIGHT...CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT

HAS FALLEN UPSTREAM.  IN FACT...THE MAGNITUDE OF FLOODING COULD BE

EVEN GREATER IF THE HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES.  NO ESTIMATES OF THE

CREEK STAGES ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME...BUT MORE SPECIFIC ESTIMATES

SHOULD BE AVAILABLE LATER THIS EVENING.



THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE 28TH STREET LOW WATER BRIDGE IN

SNYDER COULD BECOME INUNDATED LATER TONIGHT IF THE WATER RISES TO A

STAGE OF 7 FEET OR HIGHER...AND IT DOES APPEAR THAT THE WATER COULD

GET THIS HIGH.  MOTORISTS IN SNYDER SHOULD TAKE NOTE...AND USE

ALTERNATE ROUTES IF THE BRIDGE BECOMES FLOODED.



REPEATING AGAIN...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL

1030 PM FOR ALL OF SCURRY COUNTY.



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