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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

115 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2003



...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINS WILL CONTINUE IN HOWARD AND DAWSON 

COUNTIES THROUGH 400 AM...



AT 100 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

DETECT HEAVY RAINFALL IN HOWARD COUNTY.  THE THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING 

HEAVY RAINFALL WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  ALTHOUGH THE WORST 

FLOODING HAS SUBSIDED...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL BETWEEN 1130 PM AND 1 AM 

WILL CREATE THE POSSIBILITY FOR ADDITIONAL MINOR FLOODING ALONG 

ROADWAYS...AND IN OTHER LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN HOWARD 

COUNTY.  



THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS COME TO AN END IN DAWSON COUNTY.  

HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL...ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE 

MINOR STREET FLOODING...AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR 

DRAINAGE AREAS.  



TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION...DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED 

ROADWAYS AS IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGER OF FLASH  

FLOODING AT NIGHT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  



LAT...LON 3295 10167 3251 10140 3251 10119 3212 10118

          3212 10168 3251 10167 3253 10142 3292 10167

          3253 10169 3253 10217 3295 10215



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