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WGUS74 KMAF 142038

FFSMAF

TXC043-142245-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

338 PM CDT SAT AUG 14 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN

BREWSTER COUNTY...



AT 315 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS NEAR ALPINE CREEK IN ALPINE HAVE BEEN BARRICADED DUE TO 

HIGH WATER. AT 335 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG 

HIGHWAY 90 BETWEEN ALPINE AND MARATHON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH 

FLOODING INCLUDE...ALPINE...ALTUDA...AND MARATHON.



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 3000 10378 3032 10295 3066 10345 3039 10380



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000 

WGUS74 KMAF 142038

FFSMAF

TXC043-142245-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

338 PM CDT SAT AUG 14 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN

BREWSTER COUNTY...



AT 315 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS NEAR ALPINE CREEK IN ALPINE HAVE BEEN BARRICADED DUE TO 

HIGH WATER. AT 335 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG 

HIGHWAY 90 BETWEEN ALPINE AND MARATHON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH 

FLOODING INCLUDE...ALPINE...ALTUDA...AND MARATHON.



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 3000 10378 3032 10295 3066 10345 3039 10380



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