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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

836 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2005



TXC461-261530-

UPTON-

836 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR UPTON

COUNTY...



AT 834 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...CENTRAL 

UPTON COUNTY. THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 349 AND HIGHWAY 67 ARE

FLOODED WITH AS MUCH AS ONE HALF FOOT OF WATER OVER THE ROADS. LARGE 

AMOUNTS OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN AROUND THE KING MOUNTAIN AREA SINCE LAST 

EVENING AND SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS MOST LIKELY ONGOING IN RURAL 

AREAS NORTH OF MCCAMEY AND WEST OF FM 2463. GROUND TRUTH REPORTS 

INDICATE 4 INCHES OF RAIN 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF RANKIN.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS... 

AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. 



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 3163 10223 3108 10219 3114 10204 3112 10180

      3163 10185



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