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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

845 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR MIDLAND

COUNTY...



AT 843 PM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH MIDLAND COUNTY HAS 

PRODUCING FLOODING ON BUSINESS 20 AND ITS FRONTAGE ROADS NEAR THE MIDLAND

AND ECTOR COUNTY LINE. THE STRONGEST PART OF THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES

SOUTH OF VALLEY VIEW...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MIDLAND...MOVING EAST

AT 15 MPH. ADDITIONAL STORMS EXTEND ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.    



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING

INCLUDE...MIDLAND...GREENWOOD...VALLEY VIEW AND COTTON FLAT.



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 3166 10229 3208 10228 3208 10178 3166 10177

      3166 10177



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