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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

929 AM CDT SUN OCT 3 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN

ANDREWS AND SOUTHERN GAINES COUNTIES...



SHORTLY BEFORE 900 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

HIGH WATER CROSSING U.S. HIGHWAY 385 ON THE GAINES AND ANDREWS 

COUNTY LINE.



AT 925 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SATELLITE 

IMAGERY SHOWED ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN ANDREWS COUNTY. THIS ACTIVITY WILL 

MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY EXPERIENCING FLASH 

FLOODING. THEREFORE DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BECOME 

INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. 



TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3232 10223 3232 10304 3273 10303 3272 10222



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