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TXZ053-061000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1240 AM CDT TUE APR 6 2004



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

EXPIRE AT 1245 AM CDT...



AT 1240 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE EXITED MITCHELL COUNTY. RADAR

ESTIMATES THAT A BROAD AREA OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS

MUCH OF MITCHELL COUNTY EARLIER IN THE EVENING.



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

AREA ROADS AND RUNOFF...WILL CONTINUE AROUND THE COUNTY THROUGH 5 AM.

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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000 

WGUS74 KMAF 060546

FFSMAF

TXZ053-061000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1240 AM CDT TUE APR 6 2004



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

EXPIRE AT 1245 AM CDT...



AT 1240 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE EXITED MITCHELL COUNTY. RADAR

ESTIMATES THAT A BROAD AREA OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS

MUCH OF MITCHELL COUNTY EARLIER IN THE EVENING.



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

AREA ROADS AND RUNOFF...WILL CONTINUE AROUND THE COUNTY THROUGH 5 AM.

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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