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TXC371-443-260000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

510 PM CDT SUN JUL 25 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR TERRELL AND 

EASTERN PECOS COUNTIES...



...A VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOOD EVENT CONTINUES 

IN PECOS AND TERRELL COUNTIES...



SHORTLY BEFORE 400 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 

CONTINUED TO REPORT WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS 

EASTERN PECOS AND NORTHERN TERRELL COUNTIES THROUGH 7 PM CDT.



JUST BEFORE 5 PM CDT...A MOTORIST ON INTERSTATE 10 NEAR SHEFFIELD 

REPORTED A PICK UP TRUCK AND CAMPER FLOATING IN THE PECOS RIVER.



FARM TO MARKET ROAD 2400 IS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER IN NORTHERN 

TERRELL COUNTY.



A MAJOR BRIDGE ON STATE HIGHWAY 349 HAS BEEN SEVERELY DAMAGED BY 

FLOOD WATERS 25 MILES NORTH OF DRYDEN. STATE HIGHWAY 349 IS CLOSED DUE TO 

HIGH WATER FROM SHEFFIELD TO DRYDEN.



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.



LAT...LON 2990 10231 2985 10195 3058 10167 3091 10193 3040 10300



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