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WGUS74 KMAF 261851

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TXC243-262000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

150 PM CDT SUN SEP 26 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR JEFF DAVIS

COUNTY...



AT 148 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 

OVER THE WARNED AREA.



EARLIER...REPORTS INDICATE FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN MADERA AND 

SHORT CANYONS AND THE FORT DAVIS FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ATTEMPTING 

RESCUES OF PEOPLE STRANDED DUE TO HIGH WATER.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF ARROYOS AND DRAWS...ROADS

AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS MAY TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES

IN STEEP TERRAIN. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.  IN HILLY TERRAIN...THERE 

ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS THAT CAN POTENTIALLY FLOOD IN 

HEAVY RAINS.  IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY MOVING WATER TO 

CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.  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 3063 10495 3066 10494 3110 10412 3067 10345

      3041 10380 3041 10390



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