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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

749 AM CDT THU OCT 13 2005



TXC329-131445-

MIDLAND-

749 AM CDT THU OCT 13 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR

MIDLAND COUNTY...



AT 650 AM CDT...A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE REPORTED WATER 

AT LEAST A HALF FOOT DEEP ON THE SOUTHBOUND SERVICE ROAD AT LOOP 250 

AND THE EXIT FOR BUSINESS 20.  AT 740 AM CDT...ANOTHER NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE REPORTED NEARLY A FOOT OF WATER COVERING  

THE INTERSECTION OF POLO PARKWAY AND CALDERA.  AT 746 AM CDT... 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEAR ONE INCH 

PER HOUR MOVING OVER MOST OF MIDLAND 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 3166 10228 3165 10178 3208 10177 3209 10229



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