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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

452 AM CDT MON AUG 21 2006



TXC329-211100-

MIDLAND-

452 AM CDT MON AUG 21 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR

MIDLAND COUNTY...



AS OF 445 AM CDT...NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN AT THE 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MIDLAND. 



AT 451 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MAINLY THE 

NORTHERN HALF OF MIDLAND COUNTY. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COMBINED 

WITH EARLIER VERY HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS 

FOR FLASH FLOODING. 



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

SPRABERRY...MIDLAND...GREENWOOD AND THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR

WEST OF MIDLAND.



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. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN AROUND... DONT

DROWN.



LAT...LON 3167 10228 3166 10178 3208 10179 3208 10228



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