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TXC165-270700-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

126 AM CDT MON SEP 27 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR GAINES

COUNTY...



AT 121 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A 

BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH 

ACROSS MUCH OF GAINES COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE 

HALF AND ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL ACCOMPANY THE HEAVIER SHOWERS. THIS 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT OCCURED 

MUCH OF THE DAY SUNDAY WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL.



SOME RURAL ROADS AND HIGHWAYS REMAIN FLOODED...ESPECIALLY IN 

NORTHWESTERN GAINES COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM THE ADDITIONAL RAINS MOVING 

INTO THE AREA WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL 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. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3295 10221 3253 10221 3252 10305 3294 10305 3294 10244     

      3296 10242



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