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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX

1150 PM CDT TUE OCT 5 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR YOAKUM COUNTY UNTIL 130 AM

CDT...



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS LATE TUESDAY EVENING RESULTED 

IN WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING ACROSS YOAKUM COUNTY. THE YOAKUM COUNTY 

SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED EXTREME FLOODING WITH CARS WASHED OFF ROADS 

AT 1120 PM CDT.



AT 1150 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MODERATE RAINFALL ACROSS ALL OF YOAKUM COUNTY. RAIN WILL 

CONTINUE THROUGH 100 AM ACROSS THE COUNTY PRODUCING ADDITIONAL 

AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS INCH. THIS RAINFALL WILL 

AGGRAVATE THE FLOOD CONDITIONS.  



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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.



LAT...LON 3338 10261 3299 10260 3299 10306 3337 10306



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