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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1026 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 2005



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ECTOR-

1026 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR ECTOR

COUNTY...



AT 1025 AM CDT...ECTOR COUNTY OFFICIALS INDICATED THAT FLOODING WAS 

CONTINUING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF ODESSA...INCLUDING AT THE 

UNDERPASS LOCATED AT 2ND AND GRANT STREETS...AND ALONG MUSKINGUM AND 

DIXIE STREETS.  



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ALSO DETECTED DEVELOPING 

THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN OVER 

WINKLER COUNTY THAT ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO ECTOR COUNTY BY 11 AM 

CDT.



WITH CONTINUED RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS THUNDERSTORMS...AND ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS ECTOR COUNTY LATER THIS 

MORNING...THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING STILL EXISTS ACROSS THE 

COUNTY AND THE CITY OF 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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