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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

842 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HOWARD COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...

...ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MITCHELL COUNTY

   UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...

...HEAVY RAINS SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON...



THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING EAST OUT OF MITCHELL AND

HOWARD COUNTIES...LEAVING IN THEIR WAKE FLOODED ROADS...CREEKS...AND

OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS. THE HOWARD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED AT

LEAST ONE VEHICLE STRANDED IN WATER WITH OTHER NUMEROUS REPORTS OF

WATER OVER ROADWAYS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. IN MITCHELL COUNTY THE

HEAVIEST RAIN FELL IN THE VICINITY OF WESTBROOK WHERE 1.5 TO 2.5

INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED.



HEAVY RAINS HAVE ALSO FALLEN ACROSS GLASSCOCK COUNTY WITH RADAR

ESTIMATING AMOUNTS TO NEAR 3 INCHES IN THE ST. LAWRENCE AREA.

FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND BAR DITCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN

GLASSCOCK AND NORTH REAGAN COUNTIES.



30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON SLOW MOVING STORMS WITH HEAVY

RAIN DROPPED OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE AROUND 3 PM TODAY.  THIS

IS A RURAL AREA BUT WITH SUCH LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN THERE WILL LIKELY

BE SIGNIFICANT WATER RUNNING IN CREEKS AND THROUGH ANY LOW WATER

CROSSINGS IN SOUTHEAST PECOS COUNTY...POSSIBLY FLOWING INTO THE PECOS

RIVER DOWNSTREAM FROM GIRVIN AND INTO EASTERN TERRELL COUNTY LATE

TONIGHT OR FRIDAY MORNING.



STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE TONIGHT BUT IT MAY STILL TAKE UNTIL

THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TO DRAIN THE WATER. ALSO ADDITIONAL STORMS

ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON POSSIBLY POSING MORE

FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS.  STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS

FOR POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOOD WATCHES.



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

ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT.  BE ESPECIALLY

CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF

FLASH FLOODS.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOU LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION

STATION...OR YOUR CABLE OR SATELLITE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE

LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.

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