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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

628 AM CDT FRI JUN 25 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR UPTON

COUNTY...



AT 619 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF 

SOUTHERN AND WESTERN UPTON COUNTY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

MOVE SLOWLY NORTH INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF UPTON COUNTY OVER THE 

NEXT HOUR. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN UPTON COUNTY NEAR MCCAMEY.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 67 385 

NEAR MCCAMEY AT 510 AM CDT. ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS LIKELY AS 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE NORTH.



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 3110 10228 3112 10182 3164 10181 3163 10229



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