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WGUS74 KMAF 010044

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

744 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2006



TXC329-010330-

MIDLAND-

744 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2006



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

MIDLAND COUNTY...



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

WARFIELD...VALLEY VIEW...SPRABERRY...MIDLAND...GREENWOOD AND COTTON 

FLAT



AT 740 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER WESTERN 

MIDLAND COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF MIDLAND AND MIDLAND 

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE CITY OF 

MIDLAND WITH 3 TO 4 FEET OF WATER AT MIDLAND DRIVE AND ILLINOIS.  

FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED ON LOW WATER CROSSINGS ALONG SCHARBAUER 

CHANNEL AND ON MIDLAND DRIVE FROM COMANCHE STREET TO BUSINESS 20.



DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY IN STORM RUNOFF. CULVERTS...DITCHES...

STORM DRAINS... SWOLLEN CREEKS AND ALL OTHER AREAS WHERE RAPID WATER

FLOW IS OBSERVED ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. CHILDREN CAN BE EASILY

SWEPT AWAY AND DROWN IN MOMENTS. STORM RUNOFF CAN ALSO CONTAIN

DANGEROUS CHEMICALS THAT MAY BE HARMFUL IF CONTACTED OR SWALLOWED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 10227 3168 10182 3206 10179 3207 10228



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000 

WGUS74 KMAF 010044

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

744 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2006



TXC329-010330-

MIDLAND-

744 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2006



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

MIDLAND COUNTY...



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

WARFIELD...VALLEY VIEW...SPRABERRY...MIDLAND...GREENWOOD AND COTTON 

FLAT



AT 740 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER WESTERN 

MIDLAND COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF MIDLAND AND MIDLAND 

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE CITY OF 

MIDLAND WITH 3 TO 4 FEET OF WATER AT MIDLAND DRIVE AND ILLINOIS.  

FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED ON LOW WATER CROSSINGS ALONG SCHARBAUER 

CHANNEL AND ON MIDLAND DRIVE FROM COMANCHE STREET TO BUSINESS 20.



DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY IN STORM RUNOFF. CULVERTS...DITCHES...

STORM DRAINS... SWOLLEN CREEKS AND ALL OTHER AREAS WHERE RAPID WATER

FLOW IS OBSERVED ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. CHILDREN CAN BE EASILY

SWEPT AWAY AND DROWN IN MOMENTS. STORM RUNOFF CAN ALSO CONTAIN

DANGEROUS CHEMICALS THAT MAY BE HARMFUL IF CONTACTED OR SWALLOWED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 10227 3168 10182 3206 10179 3207 10228



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