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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1117 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2005



TXC461-280445-

UPTON-

1117 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN

UPTON COUNTY...



AT 1113 PM CDT...THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING IN 

UPTON COUNTY HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.  HOWEVER... THE TEXAS 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS REPORTED THAT SH 349 WAS BEING 

CLOSED JUST SOUTH OF THE MIDLAND COUNTY LINE.



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 3124 10207 3111 10207 3111 10181 3145 10180



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