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WGUS74 KMAF 271737

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TXC165-271900-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1235 PM CDT MON SEP 27 2004



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

COUNTY...



AT 1230 PM CDT...LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER 

OVER THE ROADS AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 385 AND 83 NEAR 

SEAGRAVES.  FLOODING OVER GAINES COUNTY HAS RECEDED SINCE EARLIER 

THIS MORNING...HOWEVER ISOLATED SPOTS SUCH AS LOW WATER CROSSINGS 

MAY STILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...AND CITIZENS ARE URGED TO 

CONTINUE USING CAUTION.  



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 3252 10305 3252 10221 3294 10220 3294 10304



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