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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

828 AM CDT SAT AUG 20 2005



NMC025-201500-

LEA-

728 AM MDT SAT AUG 20 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM MDT FOR

CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...



AT 724 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN MALJAMAR AND HALFWAY... 

MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE PRODUCING NEAR 

ONE INCH PER HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES ALSO 

INDICATE AT LEAST 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 5 MILES 

SOUTHWEST OF BUCKEYE...OR ROUGHLY 5 TO 10 MILES WEST OF THE 

INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 238 AND STATE HIGHWAY 529 SINCE 300 AM 

MDT.   



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 3228 10370 3237 10339 3297 10326 3296 10378

      3253 10379 3254 10369



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