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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1135 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 2006



TXC135-140615-

ECTOR-

1135 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR EAST

CENTRAL ECTOR COUNTY...



AT 1130 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO REPORT 

CITY-WIDE FLOODING ACROSS ODESSA.  ALTHOUGH NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE 

CURRENTLY AFFECTING ECTOR COUNTY...RUN-OFF FROM EARLIER 

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CAUSE SERIOUS FLOODING PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT THE 

CITY.



BARRICADES HAVE BEEN ERECTED ACROSS THE INTERSECTIONS OF THIRD AND 

MUSKINGUM AND THIRD AND JEFFERSON.  CITY-WIDE RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO 

REMAIN AT HOME IF AT ALL POSSIBLE AND AVOID THE STREETS TO LIMIT 

EXPOSURE TO THE DANGER.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ODESSA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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 3179 10249 3179 10229 3204 10230 3205 10249



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