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WGUS74 KMAF 310355

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TXC475-310530-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1050 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WARD COUNTY UNTIL 1230 AM

CDT...



AT 1026 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER COMPLETELY 

COVERING SEVERAL PORTIONS OF FARM TO MARKET 1776 BETWEEN HIGHWAY 18 

AND THE PECOS COUNTY LINE IN SOUTHERN WARD COUNTY. AT 1032 PM 

CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING IN GRANDFALLS ON 

HIGHWAY 18...BUT ESPECIALLY ON SIDE ROADS.    



AT 1050 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING SOUTH AT 

15 MPH ACROSS SOUTHERN WARD COUNTY.  



IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OVER A FLOODED ROAD. THE

ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE

FLOOD DANGERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.



LAT...LON 3162 10334 3145 10328 3140 10313 3140 10298

          3130 10281 3162 10280 3158 10291 3163 10293

          3164 10310



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