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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX

1255 AM CDT WED OCT 6 2004



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

CDT...



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ACROSS YOAKUM COUNTY LATE TUESDAY EVENING AND 

EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING ACROSS 

MUCH OF THE COUNTY. THE YOAKUM COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED CARS 

WASHED OFF THE ROAD IN AND AROUND PLAINS. THE WEST TEXAS MESONET 

SITE 3 MILES NORTH OF PLAINS REPORTED 2.99 INCHES OF RAIN IN JUST 35 

MINUTES WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL LATE TUESDAY EVENING...WITH 0.75 

INCH OF THAT FALLING IN FIVE MINUTES. 



AT 1250 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAINFALL ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THE 

RAIN IS ENDING...LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT 

THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.



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.





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



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