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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1023 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005



TXC033-060400-

BORDEN-

1023 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN

BORDEN COUNTY...



AT 1019 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER 

COVERING THE ROAD ON FM 669...ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF GAIL. 



AT 1021 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF 

BORDEN COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL EXTENDED FROM NEAR GAIL...TO 

JUST NORTH OF LAKE J.B. THOMAS...AND ACROSS RURAL PORTIONS OF 

SOUTHWESTERN BORDEN COUNTY.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN

INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 180...FARM ROAD 669...FARM ROAD 612...AND FARM 

ROAD 1610.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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 3268 10154 3253 10157 3253 10116 3275 10123



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