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TXC135-329-190300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

754 PM CDT FRI OCT 18 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ECTOR AND MIDLAND COUNTIES

UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...



AT 754 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

DETECT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENWOOD TO 18 

MILES SOUTH OF SPRABERRY.  THE STORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WERE 

MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.



SPOTTERS IN ODESSA HAVE REPORTED STREET FLOODING AS DEEP AS 2 AND 

1/2 FEET IN SOME LOCATIONS.  AT 734 PM...2 HIGH WATER RESCUES WERE 

UNDERWAY IN ODESSA.  ONE WAS AT 42ND AND DIXIE STREETS...THE OTHER 

AT 8TH AND PUEBLO STREETS.



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.



MOTORISTS WILL ENCOUNTER RAPIDLY RISING WATER IN 

UNDERPASSES...INTERSECTIONS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS.  DO NOT 

DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE

FLOOD DANGERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.



LAT...LON 3167 10181 3166 10278 3207 10276 3206 10179  

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