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000 

WGUS74 KMAF 311746

FFSMAF

TXC371-312000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1246 PM CDT TUE AUG 31 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR PECOS

COUNTY...



AT 1238 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE 

GONZALES LOOP...AND SEVERAL RESIDENTIAL STREETS HAVE BEEN CLOSED IN 

FORT STOCKTON DUE TO FLOODING. 



AT 1240 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED   

TO DETECT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE CITY OF   

FORT STOCKTON. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN FORT STOCKTON SINCE 1000 AM CDT. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL 

WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN AND NEAR FORT STOCKTON. 



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.



LAT...LON 3079 10344 3052 10303 3094 10231 3122 10283



$$

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000 

WGUS74 KMAF 311746

FFSMAF

TXC371-312000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1246 PM CDT TUE AUG 31 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR PECOS

COUNTY...



AT 1238 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE 

GONZALES LOOP...AND SEVERAL RESIDENTIAL STREETS HAVE BEEN CLOSED IN 

FORT STOCKTON DUE TO FLOODING. 



AT 1240 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED   

TO DETECT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE CITY OF   

FORT STOCKTON. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN FORT STOCKTON SINCE 1000 AM CDT. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL 

WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN AND NEAR FORT STOCKTON. 



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.



LAT...LON 3079 10344 3052 10303 3094 10231 3122 10283



$$

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