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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

601 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FOR MARTIN...HOWARD...

   AND MITCHELL COUNTIES IN WEST TEXAS...



AT 435 PM CDT...THE BIG SPRING POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED SEVERAL MAIN 

ROADS COVERED WITH WATER...WHILE A SPOTTER REPORTED WATER COVERING MOST 

STREETS IN STANTON AT 504 PM CDT.  WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL OVER TWO INCHES PER HOUR 

CONTINUING OVER PORTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES AT 600 PM CDT.  THEREFORE...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 815 PM CDT.  



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...

ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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