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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

408 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2005



TXC135-329-282200-

ECTOR-MIDLAND-

408 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2005



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

MIDLAND AND EASTERN ECTOR COUNTIES...



AT 403 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING 

CONTINUING IN MIDLAND WITH A FOOT OF WATER OVER THE ROAD ON MIDKIFF 

AT ANDREWS HWY.  THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY BUT 

LIGHT RAINSHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER MIDLAND THROUGH 500 PM.



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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