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WGUS74 KMAF 040236

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TXC227-040345-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

936 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2003



...A VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOOD SITUATION IS 

UNFOLDING FOR EASTERN HOWARD COUNTY...



AT 915 PM CDT THE HOWARD COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED HOMES UNDER 

WATER AND ROADS WASHED AWAY IN BOTH SAND SPRINGS AND COAHOMA. AT 930 

PM HAM RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED AN EVACUATION OF PARTS OF BOTH 

CITIES. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS TEMPORARILY SUBSIDED...ANOUTHER VERY 

STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT THE 

AREA BY 945 PM. 



THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION FOR PARTS OF 

HOWARD COUNTY EAST OF BIG SPRING ALONG HIGHWAY 87 AND INTERSTATE 20.

SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW MOTORISTS ON AREA ROADWAYS AND INTERSTATES 

SHOULD AVOID THESE AREAS



LAT...LON 3248 10169 3212 10167 3212 10119 3250 10121



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