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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

635 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2005



TXC383-151300-

REAGAN-

635 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR

REAGAN COUNTY...



AT 632 AM CDT...THE REAGAN COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED FLOODING 

OF ROADS IN THE CITY OF BIG LAKE.  ALSO...A GAME WARDEN REPORTED 

WATER OVER STATE ROUTE 137 AT MILE MARKER 400 SOUTH OF BIG LAKE.



DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY 

RAIN OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL REAGAN COUNTY.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING 

NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM CULVERTS...DITCHES...STORM DRAINS...AND 

SWOLLEN CREEKS.



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 3111 10175 3110 10132 3164 10129 3163 10176



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