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WGUS74 KMAF 040454

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TXC389-040615-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1045 PM CST SAT APR 3 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 AM CST FOR 

REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...



AT 1035 PM CST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN REEVES COUNTY REPORTED

PORTIONS OF FARM TO MARKET ROAD 2903 BETWEEN TOYAH AND BALMORHEA

WAS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE.  

 

AT 1030 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF

REEVES COUNTY. THIS ACTIVITY IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 

15 MPH AND WILL AGGRAVATE THE ONGOING FLASH FLOODING. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS 

HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. 



LAT...LON 3115 10408 3099 10390 3082 10358 3130 10314

          3138 10322 3141 10336 3136 10345 3151 10352

          3170 10378 3190 10392 3197 10401 3164 10403



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