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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

341 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2005



TXC135-329-282200-

ECTOR-MIDLAND-

341 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2005



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

MIDLAND AND EASTERN ECTOR COUNTIES...



AT 337 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING 

OCCURRING IN NORTH MIDLAND.  CR 60 AND SH 158 HAD 4 INCHES OF WATER 

RUNNING OVER THE ROAD.  ALSO NORTHCREST AND BRIARWOOD HAD WATER 

RUNNING OVER THE ROAD.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE EAST SIDE 

OF THE CITY OF MIDLAND AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.  ADDITIONAL 

STREET FLOODING WAS EXPECTED IN MIDLAND.  IN ODESSA... THERE WAS 

FLOODING AT DIXIE AND 23RD WITH STALLED CARS FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAIN.



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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