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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

711 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 2005



TXC135-151345-

ECTOR-

711 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR ECTOR

COUNTY...



AT 652 AM CDT...THE EMERGENCY MANAGER IN ECTOR COUNTY REPORTED 

FLOODING ALONG ANDREWS HIGHWAY IN ODESSA.  AT 700 AM CDT...A 

TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED DIXIE AVENUE IMPASSABLE FROM 31ST 

TO 35TH STREET DUE TO TWO AND A HALF FEET OF RUNNING WATER.  

AT 710 AM CDT...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH 

OVER THE CITY OF ODESSA...SO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY. 



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 

INCLUDE...ODESSA



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 3205 10274 3169 10273 3168 10232 3206 10231



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