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TXC003-280345-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

555 PM CDT MON SEP 27 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR ANDREWS

COUNTY...



AT 545 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN THE CITY OF ANDREWS.  A STALLED VEHICLE 

HAD TO BE PULLED FROM HIGH WATER IN THE CITY OF ANDREWS.  



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.  



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.  



TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3252 10221 3210 10221 3210 10305 3250 10305



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