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WGUS74 KMAF 190510

FFSMAF

TXC033-115-190745-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1203 AM CDT SAT JUN 19 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR DAWSON AND

BORDEN COUNTIES...



AT 1154 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 

FLASH FLOODING IN PORTIONS OF DAWSON COUNTY.  THESE STORMS WERE 

NEARLY STATIONARY.  WIDESPREAD FLOODING WAS REPORTED THROUGHOUT 

LAMESA.  THE DAWSON COUNTY SHERIFF/S OFFICE REPORTED FLOODING OF 

STATE HIGHWAY 349 5 MILES SOUTH OF LAMESA.  NEAR PUNKIN CENTER...7 

MILES NORTHWEST OF LAMESA ON STATE HIGHWAY 137...SEVERAL CARS WERE 

WASHED OFF THE ROAD.  RUNOFF OVER THE ROAD THERE WAS A HALF OF A 

FOOT DEEP.  ON US HIGHWAY 187 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMESA...HEAVY 

FLOODING WAS REPORTED.



SIMILAR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT BORDEN COUNTY...WHERE 

RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS 2 AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO

HIGHER 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. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN

AROUND... DONT DROWN.



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

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3252 10119 3252 10119 3253 10219 3295 10219

      3295 10118



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000 

WGUS74 KMAF 190510

FFSMAF

TXC033-115-190745-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1203 AM CDT SAT JUN 19 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR DAWSON AND

BORDEN COUNTIES...



AT 1154 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 

FLASH FLOODING IN PORTIONS OF DAWSON COUNTY.  THESE STORMS WERE 

NEARLY STATIONARY.  WIDESPREAD FLOODING WAS REPORTED THROUGHOUT 

LAMESA.  THE DAWSON COUNTY SHERIFF/S OFFICE REPORTED FLOODING OF 

STATE HIGHWAY 349 5 MILES SOUTH OF LAMESA.  NEAR PUNKIN CENTER...7 

MILES NORTHWEST OF LAMESA ON STATE HIGHWAY 137...SEVERAL CARS WERE 

WASHED OFF THE ROAD.  RUNOFF OVER THE ROAD THERE WAS A HALF OF A 

FOOT DEEP.  ON US HIGHWAY 187 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMESA...HEAVY 

FLOODING WAS REPORTED.



SIMILAR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT BORDEN COUNTY...WHERE 

RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS 2 AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO

HIGHER 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. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN

AROUND... DONT DROWN.



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

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3252 10119 3252 10119 3253 10219 3295 10219

      3295 10118



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