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WGUS74 KMAF 280900

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TXC227-281100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

359 AM CDT WED JUL 28 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR HOWARD

COUNTY...



THE HOWARD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT A VEHICLE WAS WASHED 

OFF OF HIGHWAY 87 APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES NORTH OF BIG SPRING SHORTLY 

AFTER 3 AM CDT.



AT 355 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER FAR NORTHWEST HOWARD COUNTY. ADDITIONAL 

FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY OVER HIGHWAY 87 AND FARM TO MARKET ROADS 

846...669 AND 1584 AND SURROUNDING AREAS.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT 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 3211 10168 3210 10120 3250 10120 3250 10165



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