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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

902 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005



TXC335-150315-

MITCHELL-

902 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005



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

MITCHELL COUNTY...



AT 854 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED OVER THE 

EASTERN HALF OF MITCHELL COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT UP TO 

4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN TODAY OVER AREAS SOUTH OF COLORADO 

CITY. THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES. 



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.



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 3212 10112 3211 10069 3250 10069 3250 10112



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