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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

558 PM CDT THU JUN 24 2004



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

MIDLAND COUNTY...



...MIDLAND EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER ADVISING RESIDENTS TO AVOID 

UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IN THE CITY OF MIDLAND...



AT 545 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED AUTOMOBILES 

SUBMERGED IN 4 FEET OF WATER ON THE SERVICE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION 

OF WALL STREET AND MIDLAND DRIVE.  IN ADDITION...THE PUBLIC REPORTED 

FLOODING BETWEEN THE 2000 AND 4000 BLOCK OF ILLINOIS STREET...AND 

WATER AT LEAST 3 FEET DEEP AT THE INTERSECTION OF BRIARWOOD AND 

ORIOLE.   



AT 556 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE 

STILL LOCATED OVER THE CITY OF MIDLAND. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 

DISPLAYING LITTLE MOVEMENT.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING

INCLUDE...MIDLAND.



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 3185 10228 3188 10205 3208 10198 3208 10229



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