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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

543 AM CDT TUE SEP 28 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR ECTOR

COUNTY...



AT 534 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN 

ECTOR COUNTY...FROM NEAR NOTREES...TO PENWELL...TO PLEASANT 

FARMS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. RAINFALL RATES UP TO ONE 

HALF INCH PER HOUR WILL ACCOMPANY THESE SHOWERS. THESE SHOWERS WILL 

MOVE INTO ODESSA AND WEST ODESSA AROUND 600 AM CDT. 



REPORTS OF FLOODING WERE RECEIVED LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THAT HOMES WERE 

FLOODED WITH SOME EVACUATIONS AFTER HEAVY RAINS FELL. ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY AGGRAVATE ALREADY FLOODED LOCATIONS. 



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.



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... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST 

OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3208 10278 3208 10230 3166 10230 3166 10278



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