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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

334 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2005



TXC135-329-282200-

ECTOR-MIDLAND-

334 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR WESTERN

MIDLAND AND EASTERN ECTOR COUNTIES...



AT 328 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING OCCURRING IN ODESSA.  WATER RESCUES WERE ONGOING AT 17TH 

AND TOM GREEN... AND ON MUSKINGUM.  OTHER STREETS ARE EXPECTED 

FLOODED.  THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THIS FLOODING HAVE MOVED 

OUT OF THE COUNTY.



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 3208 10234 3183 10244 3168 10233 3168 10201

      3207 10191



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