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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1243 AM CDT WED OCT 6 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 AM CDT FOR DAWSON

COUNTY...



AT 1241 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 1 FOOT

OF RUNNING WATER OVER STATE ROUTE 137 JUST NORTH OF LAMESA.  THE 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS NEAR THE EASTERN DAWSON

COUNTY LINE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.  ADDITIONAL MODERATE RAIN WILL 

CONTINUE OVER DAWSON COUNTY OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...WHICH MAY 

RESULT IN ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING THROUGH 400 AM CDT THIS MORNING. 



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 3253 10169 3253 10219 3295 10219 3295 10168



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