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WGUS74 KMAF 260043

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TXC371-260300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

743 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PECOS COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM

CDT...



AT 743 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

DETECT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL SOUTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON MOVING TO THE 

NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.  



AT 701 PM...A FOOT OF WATER WAS REPORTED COVERING HIGHWAY 385...24 

MILES SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON BY A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTER.  



MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAY 385 AND HIGHWAY 285 WILL ENCOUNTER RISING 

WATER AND FLOODED ROADWAYS SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON...ESPECIALLY IN 

FLOOD PRONE AREAS.  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.  DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.



LAT...LON 3008 10259 3077 10357 3136 10303 3127 10283

          3131 10266 3121 10245 3103 10229 3098 10197

          3083 10183 3066 10177 3066 10213 3059 10238

          3029 10238 3029 10256



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