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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1055 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 2005



TXC335-151715-

MITCHELL-

1055 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 PM CDT FOR MITCHELL

COUNTY...



AT 1051 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN

INCLUDE...COLORADO CITY AND WESTBROOK.



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 3213 10116 3212 10069 3247 10070 3250 10072

      3251 10116



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