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TXC173-227-335-383-300615-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1155 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HOWARD...MITCHELL...GLASSCOCK

   AND REAGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM CDT...



AT 1115 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN HOWARD COUNTY IN THE 

CITY OF BIG SPRING REPORTED STREET FLOODING WITH SOME STREETS IMPASSABLE. 

IN ADDITION THE GLASSCOCK COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROAD 

AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 137 AND HIGHWAY 158 AT 1140 PM CDT...

15 MILES WEST OF GARDEN CITY. 



AT 1150 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS

ACROSS HOWARD...MITCHELL AND GLASSCOCK COUNTIES. A FEW LOCATIONS

WILL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL...WHICH WILL AGGRAVATE THE

FLASH FLOODING.



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

IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3113 10176 3113 10134 3209 10127 3211 10083

          3213 10069 3248 10071 3250 10103 3250 10168

          3223 10167 3212 10166 3204 10174



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