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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1013 AM CDT THU OCT 13 2005



TXC383-131600-

REAGAN-

1013 AM CDT THU OCT 13 2005



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

REAGAN COUNTY...



AT 1005 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED OVER 

ONE FOOT OF WATER RUNNING OVER HIGHWAY 137 IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT 

LOCATIONS BETWEEN STILES AND HIGHWAY 33 IN CENTRAL REAGAN COUNTY.



AT 1010 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 15 

MPH OVER MOST OF REAGAN COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES WERE NEAR ONE 

INCH PER HOUR OVER SOUTHEASTERN REAGAN COUNTY...WITH NEAR ONE 

HALF INCH AMOUNTS WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTY. THIS 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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