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WGUS74 KMAF 041645

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TXC475-041830-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1146 AM CDT SUN APR 4 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WARD COUNTY UNTIL 130 PM 

CDT...



AT 1027 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL STREETS

WERE FLOODED IN BARSTOW.  AT 1125 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 

REPORTED FM 1219 WAS FLOODED AT IT/S INTERSECTION WITH INTERSTATE 

20...AND ALONG A 4 MILE STRETCH...SOUTH FROM INTERSTATE 20.     



AT 1135 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL

MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH OVER PORTIONS OF WARD COUNTY. ALSO...  

MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE REDEVELOPING OVER JEFF DAVIS COUNTY...AND

ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH WARD COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 

FEW HOURS.      



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR WARD 

COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO 

DEVELOP OVER WEST TEXAS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. THESE ADDITIONAL 

STORMS WILL AGGRAVATE THE CURRENT SITUATION.  



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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000 

WGUS74 KMAF 041645

FFSMAF

TXC475-041830-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1146 AM CDT SUN APR 4 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WARD COUNTY UNTIL 130 PM 

CDT...



AT 1027 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL STREETS

WERE FLOODED IN BARSTOW.  AT 1125 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 

REPORTED FM 1219 WAS FLOODED AT IT/S INTERSECTION WITH INTERSTATE 

20...AND ALONG A 4 MILE STRETCH...SOUTH FROM INTERSTATE 20.     



AT 1135 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL

MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH OVER PORTIONS OF WARD COUNTY. ALSO...  

MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE REDEVELOPING OVER JEFF DAVIS COUNTY...AND

ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH WARD COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 

FEW HOURS.      



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR WARD 

COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO 

DEVELOP OVER WEST TEXAS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. THESE ADDITIONAL 

STORMS WILL AGGRAVATE THE CURRENT SITUATION.  



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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