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WGUS74 KMAF 060841

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TXC227-317-061030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

338 AM CDT WED OCT 6 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR MARTIN AND

HOWARD COUNTIES...



AT 330 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 2 TO 3 FEET 

OF WATER RUNNING OVER THE 1300 BLOCK OF EAST 6TH STREET.  BIG SPRING 

TRAFFIC PERSONNEL HAVE ERECTED BARRICADES ALONG 6TH STREET.  

MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER HOWARD COUNTY FOR THE NEXT 

COUPLE HOURS...SO ADDITIONAL MINOR FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 

530 AM CDT.  



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. 



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. 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 10118 3210 10219 3252 10219 3251 10119

      3245 10119 3243 10117



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