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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1030 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2005



TXC043-190445-

BREWSTER-

1030 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN

BREWSTER COUNTY...



AT 1028 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PRODUCED EARLIER REPORTS OF FLASH

FLOODING NEAR PANTHER JUNCTION WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF PANTHER 

JUNCTION. THIS STORM IS NEARLY STATIONARY.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 

INCLUDE...BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK.



OVER THE PAST HOUR...THE HEAVIER RAINS HAVE OCCURRED SOUTH OF THE 

CHICOS BASIN IN THE BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK.  LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING 

IS GRADUALLY WEAKENING THESE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH RAINFALL RATES 

DECREASING TO LESS THAN ONE INCH PER HOUR.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 2909 10348 2900 10311 2977 10266 2950 10345



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