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000 

WGUS74 KMAF 251750

FFSMAF

TXC371-443-252015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1245 PM CDT SUN JUL 25 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR TERRELL AND

PECOS COUNTIES...



AT 1220 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED WATER OVER THE 

BRIDGE ON HIGHWAY 349 AT INDEPENDENCE CREEK. THE BRIDGE REMAINS 

IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER. 



AT 1235 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER OVER MUCH OF 

HIGHWAY 285 BETWEEN FORT STOCKTON AND SANDERSON. 



A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 

CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF PECOS AND TERRELL COUNTIES THROUGH MUCH OF THE 

AFTERNOON. CONTINUED RAINFALL WILL LIKELY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLASH 

FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TRAVEL IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED ON 

HIGHWAY 285 SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON AND ON HIGHWAY 349 IN TERRELL AND 

FAR EASTERN PECOS COUNTIES. 



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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 2989 10231 2985 10195 3058 10167 3131 10283

      3067 10340



$$

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000 

WGUS74 KMAF 251750

FFSMAF

TXC371-443-252015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1245 PM CDT SUN JUL 25 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR TERRELL AND

PECOS COUNTIES...



AT 1220 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED WATER OVER THE 

BRIDGE ON HIGHWAY 349 AT INDEPENDENCE CREEK. THE BRIDGE REMAINS 

IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER. 



AT 1235 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER OVER MUCH OF 

HIGHWAY 285 BETWEEN FORT STOCKTON AND SANDERSON. 



A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 

CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF PECOS AND TERRELL COUNTIES THROUGH MUCH OF THE 

AFTERNOON. CONTINUED RAINFALL WILL LIKELY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLASH 

FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TRAVEL IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED ON 

HIGHWAY 285 SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON AND ON HIGHWAY 349 IN TERRELL AND 

FAR EASTERN PECOS COUNTIES. 



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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 2989 10231 2985 10195 3058 10167 3131 10283

      3067 10340



$$

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