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TXC227-220415-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1029 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HOWARD COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM

CDT...



AT 1015 PM CDT THE SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED

IN THE CITY OF BIG SPRING WITH SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED. AT 1025 PM 

DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVER 

MUCH OF HOWARD COUNTY. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED IN THE 

LAST HALF HOUR ACROSS HOWARD COUNTY...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS 

THE COUNTY AS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AGGRAVATES THE FLOODING.  



DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3213 10169 3211 10149 3212 10120 3251 10120

          3250 10168  

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