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TXC043-142245-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

544 PM CDT SAT AUG 14 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT 

FOR NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTY...



AT 538 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN BREWSTER COUNTY WERE 

DIMINISHING IN STRENGTH...AND MOVING EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH OUT OF 

NORTHERN BREWSTER COUNTY. 



ALTHOUGH THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...IT 

WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR HIGH WATERS TO RECEDE. LOCATIONS TO 

AVOID DURING THIS TIME INCLUDE...ALONG ALPINE CREEK IN ALPINE AND 

MOSS CREEK BRIDGE ON CEMETARY ROAD TO THE SOUTH OF ALPINE...WHICH 

WAS STILL REPORTED UNDER WATER AT 530 PM CDT. PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 90 

IN AND AROUND ALTUDA HAVE ALSO RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL...SO 

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION IN THESE AREAS THIS EVENING.  



DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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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