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WGUS74 KMAF 132251

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

549 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2005



TXC135-140115-

ECTOR-

549 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL

ECTOR COUNTY...



AT 546 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA.  A REPORT FROM THE MEDIA INCLUDED FLOODING NEAR THE MUSIC CITY 

MALL ON 42ND STREET IN ODESSA AROUND 530 PM CDT.  THIS STORM IS 

STILL LOCATED ACROSS PARTS OF EAST ODESSA AND REMAINS A POTENTIAL 

HAZARD.  



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 3177 10251 3177 10230 3197 10229 3197 10252



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