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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

952 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2005



TXC135-151500-

ECTOR-

952 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR

EASTERN ECTOR COUNTY...



AT 947 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT

THE RAIN THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.  THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN FELL SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...SOME LOCATIONS COULD STILL

HAVE PONDING ON AREA ROADWAYS.



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 3167 10271 3170 10231 3206 10230 3206 10257



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