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TXC135-061100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

150 AM CDT WED OCT 6 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR ECTOR

COUNTY...



AT 130 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A HIGH 

WATER RESCUE WAS PERFORMED ON PUEBLO STREET BETWEEN 8TH AND 10TH 

STREETS IN ODESSA.  BARRICADES HAVE ALSO BEEN SET UP AT THE 

INTERSECTION OF MURPHY AND GRANDVIEW STREETS.  WATER WAS ALSO 

REPORTED ENTERING RESIDENCES AT THE INTERSECTION OF MOSS AND YUKON.  

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL OVER ECTOR COUNTY AT 145 AM 

CDT...AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE COUNTY OVER 

THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  



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 3208 10278 3208 10230 3166 10230 3166 10278



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