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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

934 PM CDT MON APR 5 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HOWARD COUNTY CONTINUES IN EFFECT 

UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...



AT 920 PM CDT...THE BIG SPRING POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT SOME 

ROADS IN THE BIG SPRING AREA WERE COVERED WITH WATER AND HAD BEEN 

CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAVE FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF HOWARD COUNTY.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS 

MOVED EAST OF THE BIG SPRING AREA...BUT PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY 

RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS.  



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN RAPID RUNOFF AND ADDITIONAL 

FLOODING ON THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. 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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