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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1120 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR EAST GLASSCOCK COUNTY TIL 2 AM...

...FLOOD WATERS SUBSIDING IN HOWARD COUNTY...



THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF GLASSCOCK COUNTY...HOWEVER WITH THE 

VERY HEAVY RAINS THAT FELL IN THE ST. LAWRENCE AREA IT WILL TAKE UNTIL

EARLY MORNING FOR ALL THE WATER TO RUN OFF.  THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD

WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT.



THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF HOWARD COUNTY AND THE SHERIFFS OFFICE

REPORTS THAT FLOOD WATERS ARE RECEDING AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

HOWARD COUNTY WILL NOT BE REISSUED. WIDESPREAD MODERATE RAINS ACROSS

MITCHELL COUNTY ARE ALSO DIMINISHING. SOME LOCATIONS IN HOWARD AND 

MITCHELL COUNTY RECEIVED AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAIN AND THERE ARE STILL 

LIKELY TO BE SOME AREAS WITH RUNNING OR STANDING WATER. ANY ADDITIONAL

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO RAPID RISES IN WATER LEVELS.  



30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON SLOW MOVING STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN

DROPPED OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 3 AND 9 PM ON THURSDAY.  THIS 

OCCURRED IN 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 

FRIDAY MORNING.



THERE ARE STILL SOME LINGERING STORMS IN WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW

MEXICO BUT THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED. 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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