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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

227 PM CDT SUN MAY 15 2005



TXC135-152015-

ECTOR-

227 PM CDT SUN MAY 15 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR ECTOR

COUNTY...



AT 220 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

FLOODING WAS CONTINUING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF ODESSA... 

INCLUDING THE INTERSECTIONS OF 16TH STREET AND MOSS AND THE 6200 

BLOCK OF 16TH STREET. 



WITH CONTINUED RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS THUNDERSTORMS AND ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS ECTOR COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON... 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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