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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

752 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 2005



TXC135-151345-

ECTOR-

752 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 2005



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

COUNTY...



AT 742 AM CDT...THE CITY OF ODESSA REPORTED SEVERAL STREETS CLOSED. 

THESE INCLUDE...42ND AND DIXIE TO UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD...MUSKINGUM 

FROM UNIVERSITY TO 3RD STREET...2ND STREET FROM ELIOT TO KELLY...

THE INTERSECTION OF TANGLEWOOD AND TENBROOK...THE INTERSECTION OF 

TANGLEWOOD AND EVERGLADE...AND 12TH STREET FROM NEAR 14TH STREET IS 

UNDER TWO AND A HALF FEET OF WATER. THE CITY OF ODESSA HAS REQUESTED 

RESIDENTS DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS IT IS NECESSARY.



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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