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TXZ063-312200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

139 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



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

   FOR GLASSCOCK COUNTY UNTIL 5 PM...



HEAVY RAINFALL FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO FALL

ACROSS GLASSCOCK COUNTIES.  OVERNIGHT RAINS COMBINED WITH ADDITIONAL

RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON HAS ALLOWED FOR FLOODING OF STREAMS AND

ARROYOS.  HIGHWAY 158 HAS WATER COVERING THE ROADWAY APPROXIMATELY

5 TO 15 MILES WEST OF GARDEN CITY.  ALSO...COUNTY ROAD 125 IN

GLASSCOCK COUNTY WAS REPORTED TO BE FLOODED.



MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING THROUGH

GLASSCOCK COUNTY AS ADDITIONAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE

FLOODED.  VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO FALL BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE IN

PLACES WHERE THE HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING.



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