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TXC135-020015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

516 PM CDT WED SEP 1 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN

ECTOR COUNTY...



AT 512 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

THUNDERSTORM AND HEAVY RAINFALL THAT RESULTED IN FLASH FLOODING IN 

SOUTHWEST ODESSA EARLIER HAD MOVED WEST OF THE CITY AND WEAKENED. 

HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE 

DEVELOPING OVER THE MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTY LINE 8 MILES NORTHEAST 

OF ODESSA. THIS RAINFALL WILL SPREAD SOUTHWEST AND AFFECT THE CITY 

OF ODESSA BY 6 PM CDT. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS WILL 

REMAIN POSSIBLE AS RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS AND AS 

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH THE AREA.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. 



TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN



LAT...LON 3166 10241 3200 10231 3190 10279 3167 10279



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