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WGUS74 KMAF 310545

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TXZ062-069-310900-



ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1245 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



...AN ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM CDT FOR

   MIDLAND AND UPTON COUNTIES...



HEAVY RAINFALL FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HAS FALLEN OVER MIDLAND

AND UPTON COUNTIES.  SINCE 1230 AM...DOPPLER RADARS HAS ESTIMATED ONE

TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THESE COUNTIES.  AT

THE MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...2.26 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN.

HEAVY RAIN IS AFFECTING EASTERN AND SOUTHERN UPTON COUNTY...AND

RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS RAINS CONTINUED TO AFFECT MIDLAND COUNTY.



LOW LYING ROADS...AND NORMALLY DRY STREAMS AND ARROYOS WILL BECOME

FLOODED ACROSS MIDLAND AND UPTON COUNTIES.   PONDING OF WATER ON

ROADS AND IN LOW WATER CROSSING WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE

THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.  USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND STREAMS...CREEKS

OR DRAINAGE DITCHES.  TAKE THE SHORTEST PATH TO REACH HIGHER

GROUND...BUT DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OVER A ROADWAY.



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

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



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RSB

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