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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1021 PM CDT WED AUG 18 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR MITCHELL

COUNTY...



AT 1015 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

DETECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY 

RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF MITCHELL COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS HAVE FALLEN OVER 

MITCHELL COUNTY SINCE EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE COUNTY FROM THE SOUTH WILL BRING MORE 

HEAVY RAIN TO THE COUNTY...AND WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF FLOODING.



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

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

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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

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



LAT...LON 3250 10116 3212 10112 3211 10088 3210 10071

      3252 10069



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