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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1238 AM CDT WED OCT 6 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR WINKLER

COUNTY...



AT 1237 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING IN THE CITY OF KERMIT ALONG JEFFEY STREET.  WATER WAS 

REPORTED FROM CURB TO CURB OVER JEFFEY STREET.  ADDITIONAL 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS ENTERING WINKLER COUNTY AT 1230 AM

CDT.  THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE ALREADY SATURATED 

GROUNDS AND POSSIBLY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING THROUGH 

245 AM CDT.  



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH 

FLOODING INCLUDE KERMIT AND WINK. 



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 OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL

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



LAT...LON 3166 10333 3198 10333 3199 10331 3199 10307

      3201 10305 3208 10305 3208 10280 3208 10280

      3166 10280



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000 

WGUS74 KMAF 060541

FFSMAF

TXC495-060745-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1238 AM CDT WED OCT 6 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR WINKLER

COUNTY...



AT 1237 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING IN THE CITY OF KERMIT ALONG JEFFEY STREET.  WATER WAS 

REPORTED FROM CURB TO CURB OVER JEFFEY STREET.  ADDITIONAL 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS ENTERING WINKLER COUNTY AT 1230 AM

CDT.  THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE ALREADY SATURATED 

GROUNDS AND POSSIBLY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING THROUGH 

245 AM CDT.  



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH 

FLOODING INCLUDE KERMIT AND WINK. 



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 OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL

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



LAT...LON 3166 10333 3198 10333 3199 10331 3199 10307

      3201 10305 3208 10305 3208 10280 3208 10280

      3166 10280



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