

000 

WGUS74 KMAF 012054

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

354 PM CDT FRI SEP 1 2006



TXC243-012300-

JEFF DAVIS-

354 PM CDT FRI SEP 1 2006



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

DAVIS COUNTY...



AT 343 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN IN FORT DAVIS AND ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 118 NORTH OF FORT DAVIS. 

ALTHOUGH NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS YET BEEN REPORTED...ROCK SLIDES 

TRIGGERED BY THE VERY HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALONG STATE 

HIGHWAY 118 BETWEEN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS STATE PARK AND THE MCDONALD 

OBSERVATORY.



AT 347 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

DETECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN 

ACROSS MUCH OF JEFF DAVIS COUNTY. MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST AT 5 TO 10 

MPH. 



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE FLOODING OF 

ARROYOS AND DRAWS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS MAY 

TRIGGER ADDITIONAL ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. 



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3109 10412 3071 10445 3041 10382 3067 10345



$$

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000 

WGUS74 KMAF 012054

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

354 PM CDT FRI SEP 1 2006



TXC243-012300-

JEFF DAVIS-

354 PM CDT FRI SEP 1 2006



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

DAVIS COUNTY...



AT 343 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN IN FORT DAVIS AND ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 118 NORTH OF FORT DAVIS. 

ALTHOUGH NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS YET BEEN REPORTED...ROCK SLIDES 

TRIGGERED BY THE VERY HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALONG STATE 

HIGHWAY 118 BETWEEN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS STATE PARK AND THE MCDONALD 

OBSERVATORY.



AT 347 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

DETECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN 

ACROSS MUCH OF JEFF DAVIS COUNTY. MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST AT 5 TO 10 

MPH. 



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE FLOODING OF 

ARROYOS AND DRAWS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS MAY 

TRIGGER ADDITIONAL ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. 



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3109 10412 3071 10445 3041 10382 3067 10345



$$

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