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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1126 PM CDT MON APR 5 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HOWARD COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO 

EXPIRE AT 1130 PM CDT...



AT 1124 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DECREASE...AND 

WERE EXITING THE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAVE FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF HOWARD COUNTY THIS EVENING. 



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS COME TO AN END...STANDING WATER ON 

AREA ROADS AND RUNOFF...MAY CONTINUE IN THE CITY OF BIG SPRING...AND 

SURROUNDING AREAS OF HOWARD COUNTY FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. PERSONS 

DRIVING ON AREA ROADS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. NEVER ATTEMPT 

TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY.



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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