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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

440 AM CDT MON JUN 21 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED AN ARROYO AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 AM CDT MONDAY

MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN WEST TEXAS

     REAGAN AND UPTON



INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

     BIG LAKE...BEST...TEXON

     HIGHWAYS US 67 AND FM 1555



AT 430 AM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY ACROSS SOUTHERN REAGAN AND EASTERN

UPTON COUNTIES.  SEVERAL OF THESE STORMS TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD AT

10 TO 15 MPH ACROSS THE SAME LOCATIONS...RESULTING IN RADAR

ESTIMATES OF UP TO 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PARTS

OF REAGAN AND UPTON COUNTIES OVERNIGHT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

ADDITIONALLY...ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND

STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



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.



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

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









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