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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

803 PM CDT MON SEP 27 2004



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

COUNTY...



AT 759 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST 

ANDREWS COUNTY. ALTHOUGH NO RECENT REPORTS OF FLOODING OR FLASH 

FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM ANDREWS COUNTY THERE ARE LIKELY 

STILL AREAS THAT HAVE WATER OVER THE ROADWAY. GROUNDS ARE SATURATED 

AND IT WILL TAKE THROUGH 10 PM FOR WATER LEVELS TO RECEDE.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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.



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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