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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

720 PM CDT SUN OCT 9 2005



TXC135-329-100130-

ECTOR-MIDLAND-

720 PM CDT SUN OCT 9 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR

MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES...



AT 715 PM CDT...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED...MAINLY OVER 

MIDLAND COUNTY. COUNTY ROADS IN THE GREENWOOD AREA WERE REPORTEDLY 

FLOODED. THOUGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE STREET 

FLOODING IN SOME PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA....IT IS EXPECTED THAT 

WATER WILL RECEDED BY MID-EVENING AS RAINFALL CONTINUES TO TAPER OFF. 

UNTIL THEN...MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION AND NOT ATTEMPT 

TO CROSS WATER COVERING THE ROADWAYS.



AS OF 715 PM CDT...RAINFALL AMOUNTS RECORDED IN THE MIDLAND/ODESSA 

AREA INCLUDED...



    0.76 INCH AT ODESSA SCHLEYMEYER FIELD...

    0.50 INCH AT MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...

    0.66 INCH AT MIDLAND AIRPARK...

    0.75 INCH AT GREENWOOD...



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 3207 10279 3166 10280 3167 10178 3209 10179



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