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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

819 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005



TXC371-071545-

PECOS-

819 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR EASTERN

PECOS COUNTY...



AT 800 AM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN FORT STOCKTON 

FROM A THUNDERSTORM THAT MOVED OVER THE AREA.  WATER WAS REPORTED TO 

BE OVER THE CURBS AT THAT TIME.  RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER 

HOUR OCCURRING OVER EASTERN PECOS COUNTY...SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10... 

MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS 

THIS ACTIVITY MOVES SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH.  



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 3029 10268 3031 10240 3063 10238 3063 10217

      3067 10217 3067 10180 3092 10190 3098 10202

      3102 10231 3110 10245 3122 10247 3129 10266

      3125 10287 3078 10302



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