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WGUS74 KMAF 310449

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TXC371-310630-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1149 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PECOS COUNTY UNTIL 130 AM

CDT...



...AT 1120 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT 

FLOODING ACROSS HIGHWAY 385 FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON TO 

NEAR THE BREWSTER COUNTY LINE....



AT 1148 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

DETECT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF PECOS COUNTY...MOVING 

SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN PECOS 

COUNTY SINCE 8 PM THIS EVENING.



MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE 

ACROSS A FLOODED ROAD. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE 

FLOOD DANGERS. 



LAT...LON 3076 10358 3135 10305 3124 10247 3096 10184

          3065 10181 3060 10236 3001 10254



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