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WGUS74 KMAF 210042

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

737 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2005



TXC389-210230-

REEVES-

737 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2005



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

REEVES COUNTY...



AT 705 PM CDT...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED WATER 2 INCHES 

DEEP ACROSS LOW-LYING AREAS OF FM 1450 WITH CULVERTS COMPLETELY 

FILLED.  STORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE CITIES OF VERHALEN... 

TOYAH... PECOS... AND ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...

STATE HIGHWAY 17...

U.S. 285 SOUTH OF PECOS NEAR TOYAH LAKE...



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 AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS AS THE DEPTH OF THE 

WATER MAY BE UNKNOWN.



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

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



LAT...LON 3111 10405 3194 10401 3173 10374 3172 10368

      3160 10352 3143 10347 3142 10328 3131 10313

      3100 10338 3082 10355



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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

737 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2005



NMC025-210245-

LEA-

637 PM MDT SAT AUG 20 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR

SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY...



AT 632 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 

RAIN OVER SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY.  THIS ACTIVITY WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL 

RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WHILE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

FALLEN ON STATE HIGHWAY 176 BETWEEN HALFWAY AND EUNICE. 



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 3293 10377 3263 10380 3258 10372 3201 10370

      3201 10307 3298 10307



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