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TXC135-227-317-329-260800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

216 AM CDT MON MAY 26 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ECTOR...HOWARD...MARTIN AND

MIDLAND COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT...



...AT 200 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING OF 

STREETS AND RURAL AREAS ACROSS MUCH OF MARTIN COUNTY...



...AT 1243 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT A VEHICLE WAS 

SWEPT INTO MIDLAND DRAW..WHERE 4 FEET OF WATER WAS REPORTED RUNNING 

INTO THE DRAW. ROAD CLOSURES HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED ACROSS EASTERN 

PARTS OF THE CITY OF MIDLAND.... 



AT 204 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

DETECT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF MARTIN AND HOWARD COUNTIES. THE 

RAIN HAD EXITED OUT OF MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS 

NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 

MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACROSS HOWARD AND 

MARTIN COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE TO ENHANCE THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL. 

ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS EXITED OUT OF MIDLAND AND ECTOR 

COUNTIES...EXCESS RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER RAIN WILL CAUSE CONTINUED 

URBAN FLOODING.



NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATER IN A CAR OR ON FOOT.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE

FLOOD DANGERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.



LAT...LON 3170 10277 3168 10203 3210 10178 3211 10151

          3213 10129 3230 10121 3250 10124 3250 10220

          3228 10220 3209 10219 3206 10251



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