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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

830 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005



TXC335-161415-

MITCHELL-

830 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR

MITCHELL COUNTY...



AT 829 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED KUDDICK 

PARK ROAD WAS FLOODED AND HAS BEEN BLOCKED OFF.  STATE HIGHWAY 163 

AND FM 2183 IS ALSO BELIEVED TO BE EXPERIENCING FLOODING.  NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO 

MODERATE RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS MITCHELL COUNTY WILL CONTINUE THE

RUNOFF.



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 3210 10117 3209 10068 3251 10067 3251 10117



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