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WGUS74 KMAF 260017

FFSMAF

TXC371-443-260400-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

712 PM CDT SUN JUL 25 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PECOS COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 

EXPIRE...



NO RECENT REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM PECOS COUNTY

AND THE HEAVY RAIN HAS DECREASED...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 

HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ROAD CLOSURES ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN 

PECOS COUNTY...ESPECIALLY ALONG FM 2400 AND HIGHWAYS 349 AND 290

AROUND SHEFFIELD AND SURROUNDING COUNTY ROADS. MEASURED RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS FOUR AND ONE HALF INCHES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM 

SOUTH PECOS COUNTY. IT MAY TAKE SEVERAL MORE HOURS FOR WATER OVER ROADS

TO RECEDE.  



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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