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WGUS74 KMAF 261700

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TXC301-389-262045-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1200 PM CDT SUN SEP 26 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR REEVES AND

LOVING COUNTIES...



AT 1140 AM CDT...THE RED BLUFF DAM COOP REPORTED WATER COVERING THE 

ROAD ON U.S. 285...6 MILES FROM THE STATELINE.  AN ORLA RESIDENT 

ALSO REPORTED LOW LYING AREAS COMPLETELY FLOODED WITH WATER IN 

TOWN...WITH RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL STEADILY.



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 3111 10410 3200 10401 3199 10333 3166 10335

      3164 10354 3160 10351 3145 10349 3142 10326

      3137 10322 3136 10306 3137 10303 3078 10357



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