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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

751 PM MDT TUE SEP 21 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR LEA COUNTY...



AT 747 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 

HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN

INTENSITY ACROSS LEA COUNTY. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER

THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH ANY ADDITIONAL RAINS COULD LEAD TO

ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING. 



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.



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

ROADWAY 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 3349 10367 3203 10368 3222 10310 3355 10305



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