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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

500 PM MDT MON SEP 27 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM MDT FOR LEA COUNTY...



AT 445 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE 

WARNED AREA.  AT 415 PM MDT...WATER WAS REPORTED OVER SH 128 12 

MILES WEST OF JAL... WHILE NEW THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL AFFECT 

THE CITY OF JAL WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.  



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING

INCLUDE...WEST CENTRAL LEA COUNTY.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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 3202 10371 3202 10307 3357 10306 3356 10370

      3340 10370 3338 10375 3297 10374 3297 10379

      3253 10380 3254 10370



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