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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

905 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 OCCURRED ACROSS

PORTIONS OF SCURRY COUNTY FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS TONIGHT...BETWEEN

630 TO 830 PM.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL IN NORTHEAST SCURRY COUNTY...

AND ALSO ALONG THE DEEP CREEK BASIN BETWEEN SNYDER AND DERMOTT.  AS

OF 900 PM...THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED...ALTHOUGH SOME SHOWERS

STILL REMAIN IN THE AREA.



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED FOR NOW...THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL LATER TONIGHT.  AT 900 PM...STRONG

THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE LUBBOCK AREA...AND THESE STORMS

WERE MOVING IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF SCURRY COUNTY.  IT IS

UNCERTAIN IF THESE STORMS WILL HOLD TOGETHER...BUT THERE IS A

POSSIBILITY THAT ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD OCCUR LATER TONIGHT.



FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SCURRY COUNTY...

AND IF ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN FALLS LATER TONIGHT...THIS COULD

INCREASE THE SEVERITY OF THE FLOODING.



SINCE 730 PM...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 EARLIER REPORTED THAT RUSHING

WATER WAS QUICKLY FILLING IN NORMALLY DRY CREEK BEDS TO THE SOUTH

OF SNYDER.



OF GREATEST CONCERN THIS HOUR IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ALONG

DEEP CREEK...ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE TOWN OF SNYDER.  THE LATEST

REPORTS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN SNYDER INDICATED THAT THE CREEK

WAS STILL RUNNING NEARLY DRY THROUGH TOWN...BUT THIS COULD CHANGE

LATER TONIGHT AS RUNOFF FROM UPSTREAM MAKES ITS WAY DOWN THROUGH

THE TOWN.  RADAR DERIVED RAINFALL ESTIMATES ACROSS THE DEEP CREEK

BASIN BETWEEN SNYDER AND DERMOTT HAS AVERAGED BETWEEN 1 TO 4 INCHES

IN PLACES...AND THIS COULD RESULT IN SEVERAL FEET OF WATER MAKING ITS

WAY THROUGH SNYDER LATE TONIGHT.



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

THROUGH SNYDER OVERNIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING...CONSIDERING THE

AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN UPSTREAM.  IN FACT...THE MAGNITUDE OF

FLOODING COULD BE EVEN GREATER IF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL

OCCURS LATER TONIGHT.  IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT 5 TO 10 FEET OF WATER

IN DEEP CREEK WILL NOT CAUSE ANY SERIOUS PROBLEMS THROUGH SNYDER...

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

COULD BECOME INUNDATED LATER TONIGHT IF THE WATER RISES TO A

STAGE OF 7 FEET OR HIGHER.  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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