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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1247 PM CDT THU OCT 13 2005



TXC389-132000-

REEVES-

1247 PM CDT THU OCT 13 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR

SOUTHERN REEVES COUNTY...



AT 1230 PM CDT...THE REEVES COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED TWO 

FEET OF WATER RUNNING OVER COUNTY ROAD 225 AT SAN MARTINE DRAW...

1 MILE WEST OF TOYAH IN CENTRAL REEVES COUNTY. AT 1242 PM CDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE HALF INCH

PER HOUR. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE EXISTING 

FLOODING PROBLEMS. 



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 3111 10409 3078 10359 3121 10319 3165 10405



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