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WGUS74 KMAF 300059

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TXZ062-300145-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

759 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR MIDLAND COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM...



AT 755 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS WESTERN 

MIDLAND COUNTY...GENERALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 349.  STREET FLOODING

HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE CITY OF MIDLAND ALONG WITH REPORTS OF

FLOODED CARS.  RADAR ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF 

MIDLAND.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 945 PM.



DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS...THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP FOR YOU TO

CROSS SAFELY.  KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM FLOODED DRAINAGE DITCHES...

STORM SEWERS...AND DRAWS AS THEY CAN BECOME DEADLY AFTER HEAVY

RAINS.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO

STATION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS POTENTIALLY 

DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD THREAT.



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