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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

123 AM CDT WED OCT 6 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR MIDLAND

COUNTY...



AT 120 AM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING AT THE 

INTERSECTION OF MIDKIFF AND WALL STREETS.  OVER 1 INCH OF RAINFALL 

FELL AT THE MIDLAND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.   

THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF MIDLAND COUNTY AT 120 AM 

CDT...AND ADDITIONAL MODERATE RAIN WAS MOVING INTO THE AREA.  THIS 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING THROUGH 

445 AM CDT THIS MORNING.  



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 

INCLUDE...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MIDLAND COUNTY. 



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 10229 3208 10228 3208 10178 3166 10177



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