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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

909 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2005



TXC335-160500-

MITCHELL-

909 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR

MITCHELL COUNTY...



AT 908 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE AGAIN ON THE INCREASE OVER MUCH 

OF MITCHELL COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN 

COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH 10 PM CDT. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL 

WILL AGGRAVATE FLASH FLOOD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHEASTERN 

MITCHELL COUNTY WHERE SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS ARE INUNDATED BY FLOOD 

WATERS. 



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.



LAT...LON 3210 10117 3209 10067 3251 10067 3251 10118



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