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TXC443-290130-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

619 PM CDT WED JUL 28 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR TERRELL

   COUNTY...



AT 613 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 

WEAKENING THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN TERRELL COUNTY. 

RAINFALL RATES HAD DECREASED TO LESS THAN AN INCH AN HOUR. HOWEVER 

RUNOFF IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING 

AREAS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. AT 520 PM... WATER WAS REPORTEDLY 

RUNNING OVER FARM ROAD 2400 IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 2979 10214 3006 10257 3027 10256 3029 10236

      3059 10236 3059 10215 3065 10213 3063 10166

      3063 10166 3054 10164 3042 10173 3034 10166

      3027 10177 2977 10178 2980 10184



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