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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1030 AM CDT SAT SEP 25 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR ECTOR

COUNTY...



AT 1020 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A HIGH 

WATER RESCUE AT THE INTERSECTION OF TOM GREEN AND UNIVERSITY 

BOULEVARD. AT 1022 AM...LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE BLOCKED OFF THE 

INTERSECTION OF 8TH AND PUEBLO...AND 42ND AND DIXIE. AT 1025 AM...

THE PUBLIC REPORTED SAN JACINTO PARK WAS FLOODING.    



AT 1028 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER WESTERN ECTOR 

COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

BE CAPABLE OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER ONE INCH...WHICH WILL 

LIKELY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING. 



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 OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL

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



LAT...LON 3168 10278 3169 10232 3206 10231 3206 10276



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