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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

739 AM CDT THU OCT 13 2005



TXC135-131345-

ECTOR-

739 AM CDT THU OCT 13 2005



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

COUNTY...



AT 730 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED TWO HIGH 

WATER RESCUES BEING PERFORMED AT INTERSTATE 20 AND WEST COUNTY 

ROAD.  WATER DEPTH IN THIS AREA WAS OVER 2 FEET DEEP.  AT 738 AM 

CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER MOST OF ECTOR COUNTY.  THE 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE EXISTING 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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