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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

454 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2005



TXC335-160100-

MITCHELL-

454 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2005



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

MITCHELL COUNTY...



AT 450 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED HIGH WATER IMPEDING TRAVEL ALONG 

COUNTY ROADS NEAR WESTBROOK. WATER WAS ADDITIONALLY REPORTED TO BE 

PONDING UNDER OVERPASSES ALONG INTERSTATE 20. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE 

EXTREME CAUTION ACROSS MITCHELL COUNTY.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. 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 3209 10117 3209 10067 3251 10067 3251 10118



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