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TXZ062-069-310900-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

115 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



...AN ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT

   UNTIL 4 AM CDT FOR MIDLAND AND UPTON COUNTIES...



HEAVY RAINFALL FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HAS FALLEN OVER MIDLAND

AND UPTON COUNTIES.  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT 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 OVERNIGHT.

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

RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS RAINS CONTINUED TO AFFECT MIDLAND COUNTY.



HIGHWAY 349 HAS BEEN CLOSED OVERNIGHT BETWEEN MIDLAND AND RANKIN

DUE TO WATERS FLOODING THE ROADWAY.   ADDITIONAL LOW LYING

ROADS...AND NORMALLY DRY STREAMS ARE ALSO LIKELY FLOODED ACROSS

MIDLAND AND UPTON COUNTIES.  PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND IN LOW

WATER CROSSINGS 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.

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