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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

603 PM MDT TUE SEP 21 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL EDDY

COUNTY...



AT 556 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

DETECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND 

SOUTHERN EDDY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 INCHES OF RAIN OR MORE MAY 

HAVE FALLEN SOUTH OF MALAGA ON HIGHWAY 285 SINCE 500 PM MDT. VERY 

HEAVY RAINS FROM EARLIER MAY HAVE ALSO CAUSED EXTENSIVE FLOODING 

ALONG LAST CHANCE CREEK AND DARK CANYON DRAW.



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... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST 

OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3208 10466 3203 10380 3236 10373 3252 10457



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