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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

704 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2005



TXC243-210215-

JEFF DAVIS-

704 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2005



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

DAVIS COUNTY...



AT 702 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL PREVIOUSLY OVER JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IS DECREASING 

WHILE MOVING NORTH AROUND 15 MPH. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WILL 

CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE AND RUNOFF FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

CONTINUE TO POSE A FLASH FLOOD THREAT OVER THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF 

WILL LIKELY BE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER OVER FIRE SCARRED AREAS... 

INCLUDING MADERA CANYON.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF ARROYOS AND DRAWS...ROADS

AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS MAY TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES

IN STEEP TERRAIN. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO ARROYOS... 

DRAWS... AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. HEAVY RAINFALL... EVEN FROM 

DISTANT STORMS... CAN CREATE SUDDEN FLOWS CAPABLE OF OVERTAKING 

CAMPERS AND HIKERS. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE RISING WATER.



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

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



LAT...LON 3053 10446 3041 10380 3067 10346 3110 10410

      3091 10447



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