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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

220 AM MDT SAT JUL 10 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 320 AM MDT FOR NORTHERN LEA COUNTY...



AT 215 AM MDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN HAD

CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS NORTHERN LEA COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS 

THAT HAD PRODUCED THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER TONIGHT HAD DIMINISHED

SIGNIFICANTLY IN INTENSITY...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH 

THROUGH 320 AM MDT WILL AGGRAVATE FLASH FLOODING ACROSS NORTHERN LEA 

COUNTY. THIS WOULD INCLUDE HIGHWAY 380 BETWEEN CAPROCK AND TATUM. 



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...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3317 10324 3355 10322 3355 10369 3331 10373

      3319 10373



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