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WGUS74 KMAF 151657

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1153 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2005



TXC461-151900-

UPTON-

1153 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR UPTON

COUNTY...



AT 1149 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN FROM MIDKIFF TO SOUTH OF 

RANKIN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  PUBLIC REPORTS INDICATE WATER 

FLOWING ACROSS STREETS IN MIDKIFF.  PERSONS SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL IN 

THE MIDKIFF AREA ESPECIALLY ON FM 2401.



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 3113 10226 3114 10181 3163 10178 3159 10223



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