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TXZ070-230445-



ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

845 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2001



...ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR

   REAGAN COUNTY...



SEVERAL SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST OF STILES TO NORTHEAST OF

BIG LAKE WILL AFFECT PARTS OF REAGAN COUNTY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

RADAR ESTIMATES THAT THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF ONE

TO IN EXCESS OF THREE INCHES PER HOUR.  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COULD

PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND NORMALLY DRY STREAM

BEDS AND ARROYOS.



SOME AREAS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE THE HIGH LONESOME DRAW

AND THE CENTRALIA DRAW.  BOTH OF THESE DRAWS DRAIN INTO STILES.

ALSO SOUTH MUSTANG DRAW IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY MAY BE

AFFECTED.



PAY ATTENTION TO THUNDERSTORMS WITH SLOW MOVEMENT AND TO RAPID

INCREASES IN STREAM LEVELS AND FLOW.  IF YOU ARE NEAR...OR LIVE...IN

A FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

WALK OR DRIVE ACROSS AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY

OR PAST BARRICADES.  RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND

ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY.  IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN THE

WATER...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

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