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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

223 AM CDT SUN AUG 26 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 530 AM FOR MIDLAND

COUNTY...



MIDLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER

MUCH OF MIDLAND COUNTY...WITH SOME RAINFALL ESTIMATES IN

THE ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCH RANGE.  ROADS...PARTICULARLY IN

NORTHERN MIDLAND COUNTY...COULD BECOME...OR ARE ALREADY...INUNDATED.



THE LATEST RADAR TRENDS INDICATED MORE RAINFALL WILL AFFECT

ALL OF MIDLAND COUNTY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS ACTIVITY AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

BEING GENERATED...LOW LYING ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY STREAMS WILL

BECOME INUNDATED.  PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND IN LOW WATER

CROSSING WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS.



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.



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JD

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