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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

154 AM CDT WED OCT 6 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR CRANE AND

WARD COUNTIES...



AT 150 AM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING IN 

THE CITY OF MONAHANS AS WELL AS SOUTH OF THE CITY.  WATER OVER ALL 

CITY STREETS WAS AT LEAST 6 INCHES DEEP...AND SOME AREAS HAD WATER 

UP TO 18 INCHES DEEP.  ALSO AT THE INTERSECTION OF FM 1776 AND STATE 

HIGHWAY 18 SOUTH OF MONAHANS...THREE FEET OF WATER WAS COVERING THE 

ROAD.  MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL IN WARD COUNTY WHILE THE 

HEAVY RAIN HAS NOW MOVED INTO CRANE COUNTY.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS 

CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.  



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING

INCLUDE...TUBBS CORNER AND CRANE.



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 3113 10241 3124 10246 3127 10259 3133 10266

      3128 10275 3140 10301 3139 10317 3145 10326

      3146 10345 3160 10347 3164 10352 3164 10230

      3110 10231



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