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WGUS74 KMAF 060419

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TXC335-060545-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1119 PM CDT MON APR 5 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MITCHELL COUNTY UNTIL 

1245 AM CDT...



AT 1000 PM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED WATER COVERING FARM ROAD 

1229...4 MILES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20.



AT 1114 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

DETECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS 

MUCH OF MITCHELL COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE COUNTY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVY RAINFALL IS 

EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY COME TO AN END AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER 1200 AM 

CDT.



BE 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.



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