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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

736 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 2005



TXC329-151500-

MIDLAND-

736 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR MIDLAND

COUNTY...



AT 729 AM CDT...A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF ARETHA...EISENHOWER...AND MIDLAND

DRIVE.  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 

MOVE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH ACROSS THE CITY OF MIDLAND...SO MORE 

FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY.  



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH 

FLOODING INCLUDE...COTTON FLAT...VALLEY VIEW...MIDLAND AND MIDLAND 

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.



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 3169 10228 3176 10186 3207 10179 3206 10226



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