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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

825 AM CDT THU OCT 13 2005



TXC329-131445-

MIDLAND-

825 AM CDT THU OCT 13 2005



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

MIDLAND COUNTY...



AT 800 AM CDT...A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE REPORTED 

WATER A FOOT AND A HALF DEEP COVERING WADLEY AVENUE BETWEEN

MIDKIFF AND MIDLAND DRIVE.  AT 822 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH 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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