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WGUS74 KMAF 271930

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TXC115-272215-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

230 PM CDT MON SEP 27 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR DAWSON

COUNTY...



AT 214 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

FLOODING OVER DAWSON COUNTY HAS RECEDED SINCE EARLIER THIS MORNING.  

HOWEVER...WITH ADDITIONAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT... 

ISOLATED LOCATIONS SUCH AS ARROYOS...DRAWS...AND 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 3253 10218 3254 10171 3293 10170 3294 10217



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