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WGUS74 KMAF 281106

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TXC043-371-281400-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

606 AM CDT WED JUL 28 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR BREWSTER AND

PECOS COUNTIES...



AT 555 AM CDT...THE BROADCAST MEDIA IN ALPINE REPORTED THAT ALPINE 

CREEK IS RUNNING HIGH THROUGH THE CITY OF ALPINE. LOCAL LAW 

ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL HAVE BARRICADED NUMEROUS CITY STREETS DUE TO 

FLOOD WATERS UP TO 3 FEET DEEP. 



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED EAST OF ALPINE OVER EASTERN 

BREWSTER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN PECOS COUNTY...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL 

CONTINUE TO POSE A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. 



MOTORISTS SHOULD STRICTLY OBSERVE BARRICADES DO NOT DRIVE YOUR 

VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES 

CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOST FLOODING 

DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN



LAT...LON 3133 10303 3077 10352 3068 10341 3040 10378 2902 10317     

      2997 10254 3017 10266 3065 10238 3075 10189



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