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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

930 AM CDT THU OCT 13 2005



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REAGAN-

930 AM CDT THU OCT 13 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR

REAGAN COUNTY...



AT 915 AM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED OVER ONE HALF FOOT OF WATER 

RUNNING OVER HIGHWAY 67 IN TEXON. AT 930 AM CDT...A SPOTTER 

REPORTED WATER ONE AND ONE HALF FEET DEEP ON COUNTY ROAD 2600 

NEAR HIGHWAY 33 IN NORTHEASTERN REAGAN COUNTY. THE SPOTTER ALSO 

REPORTED WATER IN INDIAN CREEK WAS NEARLY RUNNING OVER A BRIDGE

ON COUNTY ROAD 2600 NEAR HIGHWAY 33.



AT 934 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF REAGAN 

COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE PRODUCING WIDESPREAD 

RAINFALL RATES OF ONE INCH PER HOUR OVER SOUTHEASTERN REAGAN 

COUNTY...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR. 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 3113 10174 3114 10133 3159 10133 3159 10174



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