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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

221 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GAINES COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM 

CDT...



AT 210 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER STILL OVER 

HIGHWAY 181...7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEMINOLE. IN ADDITION...

COUNTY ROAD 308...OFF HIGHWAY 181...COUNTY ROAD 331...16 MILES

WEST OF SEMINOLE...AND COUNTY ROAD 347 NEAR THE TEXAS/NEW MEXICO

STATELINE WERE ALL FLOODED.     



AT 213 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH ACROSS GAINES COUNTY.  

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES 

PER HOUR WITH THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS.  



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR 

GAINES 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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