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WGUS74 KMAF 220754

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TXZ051-062-221000-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

254 AM CDT SAT SEP 22 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 5 AM FOR MIDLAND AND

MARTIN COUNTIES...



A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS CURRENTLY MOVING EAST THROUGH

MIDLAND AND MARTIN COUNTIES AT AROUND 10 MILES PER HOUR.  RADAR

ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO TWO TO TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES

PER HOUR HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED FROM THE STRONGER OF THESE STORMS.



THE LATEST RADAR TRENDS INDICATE THAT THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE EAST

OF MIDLAND AND MARTIN COUNTIES BY 4 AM.  DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF

THIS ACTIVITY AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL BEING GENERATED...NORMALLY DRY

STREAMS WILL BECOME INUNDATED...AND LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING IS

LIKELY.  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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