

000 

WGUS74 KMAF 220919

FFSMAF

TXZ052-221200-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

419 AM CDT SAT SEP 22 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM FOR HOWARD

COUNTY...



A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS CURRENTLY MOVING EAST THROUGH

HOWARD COUNTY AT AROUND 10 MILES PER HOUR.  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT

RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN PRODUCED FROM

THE STRONGER OF THESE STORMS.



THE LATEST RADAR TRENDS INDICATE THAT THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE EAST

OF HOWARD COUNTY BY 6 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.

