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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

727 AM CDT THU OCT 13 2005



TXC135-131345-

ECTOR-

727 AM CDT THU OCT 13 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR ECTOR

COUNTY...



AT 635 AM CDT...THE ODESSA FIRE DEPARTMENT PERFORMED A HIGH WATER 

RESCUE ON THE SERVICE ROAD NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 

20 AND MEADOW.  SEVERAL ROADS IN ODESSA WERE REPORTED TO HAVE WATER 

ACCUMULATING OVER THEM.  AT 729 AM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH OVER MOST OF ECTOR COUNTY.  

THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE CURRENT FLOODING.  



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 3167 10279 3167 10232 3206 10231 3206 10277



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