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WGUS74 KMAF 280829

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TXC165-281030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

329 AM CDT WED JUL 28 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR GAINES

COUNTY...



AT 324 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER COVERING THE 

EAST BOUND LANE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 180 8 MILES EAST OF SEMINOLE. 



AT 328 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINFALL WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE OUT OF 

GAINES COUNTY. HOWEVER...RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE AT LEAST 2 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER U.S. HIGHWAY 180 BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MILES EAST 

OF SEMINOLE SINCE 2 AM CDT. RUNOFF WILL LIKELY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL 

FLASH FLOODING ALONG OR NEAR U.S. HIGHWAY 180.



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.



LAT...LON 3291 10299 3257 10295 3257 10223 3296 10243



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