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WGUS74 KMAF 310641

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TXZ062-063-069-075-310900-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

140 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



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

   FOR MIDLAND...UPTON...PECOS AND GLASSCOCK COUNTIES

   UNTIL 4 AM...



HEAVY RAINFALL FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FALL

ACROSS PECOS...REAGAN AND GLASSCOCK COUNTIES.  RUNOFF FROM

EARLIER RAINS ACROSS MIDLAND COUNTY...INCLUDING 2.26 INCHES AT

MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HAS RESULTED IN WATER COVERING

SEVERAL ROADWAYS.  HIGHWAY 349 HAS BEEN CLOSED OVERNIGHT BETWEEN

MIDLAND AND RANKIN DUE TO WATERS FLOODING THAT ROADWAY.  ADDITIONAL

LOW LYING ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY ALSO BE FLOODED

ACROSS MIDLAND...UPTON...PECOS AND GLASSCOCK COUNTIES DUE TO

HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT.



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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