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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1209 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2001



...RURAL AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR GLASSCOCK...

   UPTON...AND REAGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 3 PM CDT...



HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER MUCH OF GLASSCOCK...UPTON...AND

REAGAN COUNTIES.  SINCE THURSDAY...SATELLITE AND DOPPLER RAINFALL HAS

ESTIMATED UPWARDS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN.  THE LATEST

RADAR TRENDS INDICATED MORE RAINFALL WILL AFFECT THIS AREA. AN OFF

DUTY METEOROLOGIST REPORTED WATER COVERING PARTS OF STATE HIGHWAY

137...SOUTH OF STATE HIGHWAY 158 OVER SOUTHWESTERN GLASSCOCK COUNTY.



THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST IN THESE LOCATIONS

THIS AFTERNOON...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN

POSSIBLE.



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.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION

STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS.



RSB

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