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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

317 AM CDT WED OCT 6 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR MITCHELL AND

SCURRY COUNTIES...



AT 314 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER 

RUNNING OVER SEVERAL CITY STREETS IN SNYDER.  MODERATE RAIN WILL 

CONTINUE OVER SCURRY AND MITCHELL COUNTIES FOR THE NEXT COUPLE 

HOURS...WHICH MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING THROUGH 700 AM 

CDT.  



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 3210 10116 3295 10116 3295 10066 3209 10068



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