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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1010 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2005



TXC335-160500-

MITCHELL-

1010 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2005



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

MITCHELL COUNTY...



AT 1005 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS REMAIN FLOODED ACROSS THE COUNTY. COUNTY ROADS 

145...147...AND 149 REMAINED CLOSED IN NORTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY 

DUE TO HIGH WATER. SEVERAL CREEK BEDS THAT ARE USUALLY DRY WERE 

SWOLLEN WITH FLOOD WATERS. 



AT 1010 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS 

MOVING NORTH OVER EASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY...AND WILL PRODUCE 

ADDITIONAL RAIN AGGRAVATING THE FLASH FLOOD SITUATION IN 

NORTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY. IN ADDITION...FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE 

COLORADO RIVER WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE AS RUNOFF OCCURS.



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. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.



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



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