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WGUS74 KMAF 040327

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TXC227-040345-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1023 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HOWARD COUNTY UNTIL 1045 PM

CDT...



AT 1023 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO REPORT 

FLOODING THROUGHOUT HOWARD COUNTY...ESPECIALLY NEAR COAHOMA AND SAND 

SPRINGS.  ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS COME TO AN END...RADAR 

ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN IN EASTERN 

PARTS OF THE COUNTY...AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE 

AREAS WILL CONTINUE.



DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES.



MOTORISTS WILL ENCOUNTER RAPIDLY RISING WATER IN UNDERPASSES...

INTERSECTIONS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS

FLOODED ROADWAYS



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE

FLOOD DANGERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.



LAT...LON 3210 10118 3209 10168 3251 10167 3251 10119



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