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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

511 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005



TXC383-150045-

REAGAN-

511 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR

REAGAN COUNTY...



AT 509 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING

IN NORTH REAGAN COUNTY ON HWY 137 WITH WATER RUNNING OVER THE ROAD IN 

MANY PLACES.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES HEAVY

RAIN CURRENTLY FALLING OVER BIG LAKE.  STREET FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE

IN BIG LAKE.



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 3115 10173 3112 10133 3161 10132 3160 10172



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