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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

234 PM CST TUE NOV 16 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR HOWARD

COUNTY...



AT 228 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO REPORT 

THAT FARM TO MARKET ROAD 2230 WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.  THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF HOWARD COUNTY...BUT RUNOFF FROM 

EARLY RAINS WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING ACROSS 

HOWARD COUNTY.  



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...BIG 

SPRING...COAHOMA AND FAIRVIEW.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW 

WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE 

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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 3211 10154 3209 10155 3209 10168 3251 10167

      3251 10119 3245 10119 3243 10117 3210 10118



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