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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

335 AM CDT SUN APR 4 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR REEVES COUNTY UNTIL 515 AM 

CDT...



AT 300 AM CDT...THE REEVES COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT A 

DIKE NEAR TOYAH HAD FAILED...AND MAJOR FLOODING WAS OCCURING IN THE 

COMMUNITY OF TOYAH.  WATER UP TO WAIST DEEP HAS BEEN REPORTED IN 

SOME HOMES.  IN ADDTITION...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUE TO REPORT 

THAT SEVERAL FARM TO MARKET ROADS INCLUDING FM 869 AND FM 2903 HAVE 

BEEN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.  



RADAR AND SATELLITE ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN 

TOTALING UP TO 8 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER A SMALL AREA OF WESTERN 

REEVES COUNTY...WITH UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER A WIDER AREA 

FROM THE WESTERN CORNER OF REEVES COUNTY EAST TO TEXAS ROUTE 17 

BETWEEN INTERSTATE 10 AND INTERSTATE 20. 



MIDLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 

MOVE OVER THE REEVES COUNTY AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR 

IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS.  THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE 

CURRENT SITUATION IN REEVES COUNTY.  



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



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.



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