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WGUS74 KMAF 140643

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TXC383-461-140745-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

138 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHEASTERN UPTON AND

   NORTHERN REAGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 245 AM CDT...



AT 130 AM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGHWAY 137 UNDER

WATER...20 MILES NORTH OF BIG LAKE.



AT 138 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

DETECT SLOW MOVING AND STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY

RAINFALL...NEAR STILES AND ADJACENT ROUTE 137...AND FARM TO MARKET ROAD

1555 ALONG THE UPTON AND REAGAN COUNTY BORDER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING 

SOUTH AT 15 MPH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLASH FLOODING.



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

IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3164 10190 3129 10185 3130 10130 3161 10131

          3164 10155 3164 10178



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