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WGUS74 KMAF 280114

FFSMAF

TXC135-280530-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

810 PM CDT MON SEP 27 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR ECTOR

COUNTY...



AT 800 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...ACROSS 

SOUTHWESTERN ECTOR COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE

20 FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF PENWELL...SOUTHWEST TO THE ECTOR COUNTY

BORDER IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST ECTOR COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3

INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. DOPPLER RADAR

ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR ALONG

HIGHWAY 302 ABOUT 10 WEST OF THE CITY OF ODESSA AS THIS AREA OF 

THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH THAT REGION.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING

INCLUDE...PENWELL...INTERSTATE 20 IN SOUTHWEST ECTOR 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.



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

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



LAT...LON 3165 10280 3166 10230 3208 10230 3208 10279



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WGUS74 KMAF 280145

FFSMAF

TXC135-280530-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

810 PM CDT MON SEP 27 2004



...THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION...



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR ECTOR COUNTY...



AT 835 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RECEIVED REPORTS OF HEAVY

FLOODING AT MILE MARKER 103 ALONG INTERSTATE 20 AND AT THE INTERSECTION

OF HIGHWAY 866 AND INTERSTATE 20. WATER AS HIGH AS SEVERAL FEET HAS

BEEN REPORTED IN LOW WATER CROSSINGS ALONG INTERSTATE 20 WITH STALLED

VEHICLES.  



THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO

FALL ACROSS THESE AREAS. DRIVING IS DISCOURAGED. 



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

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

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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

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



LAT...LON 3165 10280 3166 10230 3208 10230 3208 10279



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