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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

638 PM CDT WED AUG 18 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN

MARTIN COUNTY...



AT 633 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING

ON STATE HIGHWAY 349...ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF PATRICIA. AT 633 PM 

CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A 

LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN 

MARTIN COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH 

LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS HAVE FALLEN ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 349...AND 

ALONG FARM ROAD 829 NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF BUFORD.  



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS...AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE 

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM CULVERTS...DITCHES...STORM DRAINS...AND 

SWOLLEN CREEKS.



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 3225 10220 3224 10171 3251 10171 3251 10220



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