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000 

WGUS74 KMAF 010053

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

755 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2006



TXC135-010245-

ECTOR-

755 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR ECTOR

COUNTY...



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

NORTH COWDEN...GOLDSMITH AND GARDENDALE



AT 750 PM CDT...MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED EAST OF ECTOR 

COUNTY....SOME HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF 

THE COUNTY INCLUDING PARTS OF ODESSA.  FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON FM 

181 SOUTH OF THE ANDREWS COUNTY LINE WHERE 1.5 TO 2 FEET OF WATER 

WAS RUNNING ACROSS THE ROAD.



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.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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 3207 10279 3167 10278 3166 10231 3208 10231



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000 

WGUS74 KMAF 010053

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

755 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2006



TXC135-010245-

ECTOR-

755 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR ECTOR

COUNTY...



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

NORTH COWDEN...GOLDSMITH AND GARDENDALE



AT 750 PM CDT...MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED EAST OF ECTOR 

COUNTY....SOME HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF 

THE COUNTY INCLUDING PARTS OF ODESSA.  FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON FM 

181 SOUTH OF THE ANDREWS COUNTY LINE WHERE 1.5 TO 2 FEET OF WATER 

WAS RUNNING ACROSS THE ROAD.



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.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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 3207 10279 3167 10278 3166 10231 3208 10231



$$

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