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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX


1006 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 2006





TXC135-140330-


ECTOR-


1006 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 2006





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR


ECTOR COUNTY...





AT 1002 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING IN MOST 


PARTS OF ODESSA.  THE STORM THAT AFFECTED MUSH OF ODESSA HAS 


WEAKENED AND IS ABOUT 4 MILES TO THE EAST OF THE CITY...MOVING EAST 


AT 5 MPH.





AT 1005 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED WATER AT LEAST THREE FEET DEEP 


ALONG THE 200-400 BLOCK OF SOUTH MUSKINGUM AVENUE.  IN 


ADDITION...TWO APARTMENT BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY FLOODED AND 


ARE BEING EVACUATED.  ONE APARTMENT BUILDING IS LOCATED AT 1103 WEST 


UNIVERSITY AND THE SECOND APARTMENT BUILDING IS LOCATED NEAR THE 800 


BLOCK OF KELLY.  SHELTERS ARE BEING OPENED FOR THE DISPLACED 


RESIDENTS.  





RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR ODESSA SHOULD STAY OFF THE ROADS IF AT ALL 


POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS THE TYPICAL AREAS WHERE ODESSA FLOODS HAVE BEEN 


SEVERELY FLOODED...INCLUDING 42ND STREET AND DIXIE.  CITY OFFICIALS 


ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING ROADS TO PROTECT DRIVERS FROM INJURY.





DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE FLOODING...THIS WARNING WILL BE CONTINUED 


IN TIME FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.





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.





LAT...LON 3206 10275 3168 10276 3168 10232 3206 10231





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