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TXC461-090200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

629 PM CDT FRI OCT 8 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR UPTON

COUNTY...



AT 620 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SIX INCHES 

OF WATER COVERING PARTS OF FARM ROAD 1901 SOUTH OF MCCAMEY.



AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

DETECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF UPTON COUNTY. 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE FLOODING PROBLEMS. 



KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM CULVERTS... DITCHES... STORM DRAINS...AND

SWOLLEN CREEKS.



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 3110 10229 3111 10179 3163 10178 3163 10229



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