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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

650 PM CDT SUN MAY 5 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN PECOS COUNTY UNTIL 900

PM CDT...



AT 650 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

15 MILES WEST OF FORT STOCKTON.  THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 7 

MPH.



RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 3-5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. 



HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF RURAL 

AREAS WEST OF FORT STOCKTON...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 10...U.S. 

HIGHWAYS 67 AND 285...AND FM 1776.  AT 629 PM CDT...BAR DITCHES 

ALONG HIGHWAY 285 ARE REPORTED TO BE FILLED...WITH WATER RUNNING 

OVER THE HIGHWAY.  PERSONS WHO MUST TRAVEL WEST OF FORT STOCKTON 

SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR FLASH FLOODING.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT 

QUICKLY  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OVER A FLOODED ROAD.  THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL INUNDATE ROADS AND FARM AND RANCH LAND. 



LAT...LON 3094 10334 3073 10319 3098 10271 3130 10300  

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