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TXC389-041155-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

400 AM CDT SUN APR 4 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR REEVES COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM CDT...



THE REEVES COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE EARLIER REPORTED THAT MAJOR FLOODING 

OCCURED IN THE COMMUNITY OF TOYAH.  WATER UP TO WAIST DEEP HAD BEEN 

REPORTED IN SOME HOMES.  LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT SEVERAL 

FARM TO MARKET ROADS INCLUDING FM 869 AND FM 2903 HAVE BEEN CLOSED 

DUE TO FLOODING.  



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR REEVES COUNTY.  MIDLAND 

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP 

AND MOVE ACROSS REEVES COUNTY AREA LATER THIS MORNING.  SOME OF THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...WITH RAINFALL 

RATES EXCEEDING INCH PER HOUR.  SHOULD ADDITIONAL RAINS AGGRAVATE THE 

SITUATION IN REEVES COUNTY...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE REISSUED 

FOR REEVES COUNTY. 



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.  VEHICLES CAUGHT 

IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 



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