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TXC371-270015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

525 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PECOS

COUNTY...



AT 520 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH 

FLOODING.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 

FORT STOCKTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

RADAR IS ESTIMATING THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE FALLEN OVER 

SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY OVER THE PAST 4 HOURS.  



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING

INCLUDE...  SOUTHERN PECOS COUNTY...



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS... AND 

LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. 



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. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN

AROUND... DONT DROWN.



TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CONTACT THE NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE DIRECTLY AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3070 10346 3008 10260 3029 10259 3029 10238

      3061 10238 3061 10216 3067 10216 3067 10180

      3093 10193 3120 10278



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