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ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

924 PM CDT THU OCT 4 2001



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

   EAST PECOS COUNTY UNTIL 100 AM CDT...



THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS PECOS COUNTY NEAR HIGHWAY 385 EASTWARD TO

I-10 AROUND BAKERSFIELD HAVE PRODUCED LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS.  ACCORDING

TO RADAR THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN BETWEEN HIGHWAYS 385 AND

285...AND EASTWARD TO BAKERSFIELD.  FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS

AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS IS POSSIBLE.  HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO

MOVE INTO THE IRAAN AREA INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING OF LOW

WATER CROSSINGS AND ARROYOS.



RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THIS AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF

THE EVENING WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO AROUND 3 INCHES POSSIBLE.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT.  BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT

NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.

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