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TXC317-060515-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

955 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR EASTERN

MARTIN COUNTY...



AT 948 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED UP TO A FOOT OF WATER

COVERING PARTS OF STATE HIGHWAY 137 SOUTH OF LENORAH. FLOODING WAS ALSO

REPORTED ALONG SEVERAL STREETS IN LENORAH.



FLOODING MAY ALSO BE OCCURING ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 137 NORTH OF 

LENORAH...AND ALONG FARM ROAD 2002 IN NORTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY.



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 3250 10172 3250 10203 3211 10200 3212 10171



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