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WGUS74 KMAF 200213

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

913 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005



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LEA-

813 PM MDT FRI AUG 19 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MDT FOR EAST

CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...



AT 810 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER 

RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLASH 

FLOODING.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3277 10330 3276 10309 3302 10307 3302 10333



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