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TXC371-042130-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

117 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PECOS COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM 

CDT...



AT 1200 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED ROADS THROUGHOUT 

FORT STOCKTON WERE FLOODED. ALSO...HIGHWAY 285 WAS CLOSED FROM

FORT STOCKTON TO THE TERRELL COUNTY LINE.  



AT 116 PM CDT...DOPLLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH ACROSS PECOS COUNTY.  

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERTORMS WERE REDEVELOPING OVER 

JEFF DAVIS AND BREWSTER COUNTIES...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD 

NORTHEAST INTO PECOS COUNTY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.        



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR 

PECOS COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED 

TO DEVELOP LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.  THESE ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL 

AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING 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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