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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

808 AM CDT TUE SEP 28 2004



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

COUNTY...



AT 800 AM CDT...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL OVER MUCH 

OF ECTOR COUNTY.  THE ECTOR COUNTY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 

REPORTED THAT FARM TO MARKET ROAD 866 WAS CLOSED FROM I-20 TO 20TH 

STREET DUE TO 2 TO 3 FEET OF WATER OVER THE ROAD.  HIGH WATER 

EVACUATIONS WERE BEING PERFORMED AT 10TH AND REDONDO BECAUSE OF 2 

1/2 FEET OF WATER COVERING THE INTERSECTION.  IN ADDITION... 

EVACUATIONS WERE ALSO BEING DONE AT THE 9000 BLOCK OF 23RD STREET.  

PORTIONS OF PALOMINO...KNOX AND REDONDO WERE ALSO CLOSED.  



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.



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 3166 10279 3167 10230 3208 10230 3208 10278



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