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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

848 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2005



TXC389-210230-

REEVES-

848 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2005



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

REEVES COUNTY...



AT 845 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING WITHIN THE CITY 

OF PECOS IN NORTHERN REEVES COUNTY.  WATER WAS REPORTED OVER THE 

CURBS ON CEDAR STREET IN PECOS.  THE RAIN IS ENDING OVER MUCH OF 

REEVES COUNTY AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM RECENT 

PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO POSE MAJOR TRAVEL HAZARDS FOR THE 

NEXT FEW HOURS.



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 CROSS FLOODED STREETS AS THE DEPTH OF THE 

WATER CANNOT BE EASILY SEEN AT NIGHT.  TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.



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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