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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

751 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005



TXC335-150315-

MITCHELL-

751 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR

MITCHELL COUNTY...



AT 746 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING

WITH WATER RUNNING 6 INCHES DEEP THROUGH CITY INTERSECTIONS.  NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER COLORADO 

CITY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL MOVE INTO

THE COUNTY BEFORE 900 PM.



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 3212 10112 3211 10069 3250 10069 3250 10112



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