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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

905 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2005



TXC003-050330-

ANDREWS-

905 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR

SOUTHWESTERN ANDREWS COUNTY...



AT 900 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

DETECT A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF 

SOUTHWESTERN ANDREWS COUNTY. THE OVERALL INTENSITY OF THIS 

PRECIPITATION HAS DECREASED QUITE A BIT OVER THE LAST HOUR. 

HOWEVER...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 700 PM CDT ALONG STATE HIGHWAYS 115 AND 

128...AND PORTIONS OF STATE HIGHWAY 181 IN SOUTHWESTERN ANDREWS 

COUNTY.



MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG THESE HIGHWAYS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT 

FOR FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

A FLOODED ROADWAY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. 



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.



LAT...LON 3208 10305 3209 10262 3237 10271 3222 10305



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