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000 

WGUS74 KMAF 022238

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

535 PM CDT SAT SEP 2 2006



TXC043-030015-

BREWSTER-

535 PM CDT SAT SEP 2 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTY...



AT 530 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT ALL THE CREEK 

CROSSINGS IN THE ALPINE AREA HAVE BEEN BARRACADED.  UP TO A FOOT OF 

WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER SOME OF THESE CROSSINGS.  DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATED THAT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE 

ACROSS THE ALPINE AREA.



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.



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 2995 10375 3026 10291 3062 10343 3040 10377



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000 

WGUS74 KMAF 022238

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

535 PM CDT SAT SEP 2 2006



TXC043-030015-

BREWSTER-

535 PM CDT SAT SEP 2 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTY...



AT 530 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT ALL THE CREEK 

CROSSINGS IN THE ALPINE AREA HAVE BEEN BARRACADED.  UP TO A FOOT OF 

WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER SOME OF THESE CROSSINGS.  DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATED THAT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE 

ACROSS THE ALPINE AREA.



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.



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 2995 10375 3026 10291 3062 10343 3040 10377



$$

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