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TXZ061-062-310600-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1048 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2001



...AN ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM CDT FOR

   EASTERN ECTOR COUNTY...AND ALL OF MIDLAND COUNTY...



HEAVY RAIN FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HAS FALLEN OVER EASTERN

ECTOR COUNTY...AND WESTERN MIDLAND COUNTY.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES

OF ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR HAD FALLEN BETWEEN 930 AND

1030 PM CDT...ALONG FARM TO MARKET ROAD 1788 AND NORTHWEST MIDLAND

COUNTY...AND AROUND THE COMMUNITY OF GARDENDALE.



AT 1040 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS

APPROACHING CENTRAL MIDLAND COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF MIDLAND.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CITY OF MIDLAND...AND WILL

LIKELY PRODUCE STREET FLOODING.  AS OF 1045 PM CDT...THE MIDLAND

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAS HAD 1.80 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH MORE

FALLING.  AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST...THEY WILL

AFFECT EASTERN MIDLAND COUNTY...INCLUDING GREENWOOD AND SPRABERRY

BETWEEN 11 PM AND 1 AM CDT.  LOW LYING ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY STREAMS

WILL BECOME INUNDATED ACROSS MIDLAND COUNTY.



LATEST RADAR AND SATELLITE TRENDS INDICATES MORE RAINFALL WILL AFFECT

PARTS OF MIDLAND COUNTY.  DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS ACTIVITY

AND THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...LOW LYING ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY

STREAMS WILL BECOME FLOODED. 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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