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WGUS74 KMAF 250302

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TXC135-250400-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1001 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ECTOR COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM

CDT...



...AT 950 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS RELAYED A REPORT OF STRANDED CARS 

IN HIGH WATER AT 42ND AND DIXIE STREET IN ODESSA...



...AT 935 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED WATER COVERING THE ROAD 

AT ANDREWS HIGHWAY IN NORTHWEST ECTOR COUNTY...



...AT 930 PM CDT...FLOODING WAS REPORTED AT 42ND AND TOM GREEN 

STREET IN ODESSA...



AT 959 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

DETECT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER ODESSA...AND OVER MUCH OF EASTERN 

ECTOR COUNTY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO 

NORTHERN ECTOR COUNTY FROM SOUTHERN ANDREWS COUNTY OVER THE NEXT 

HOUR. THE STORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT. 

DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR 

IN AUTOMOBILES.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE 

FLOOD DANGERS. 



LAT...LON 3208 10274 3170 10273 3167 10231 3206 10230



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