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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1223 AM CDT MON MAR 26 2007



TXC135-260730-

ECTOR-

1223 AM CDT MON MAR 26 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR ECTOR

COUNTY...



AT 1220 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

STRANDED MOTORISTS IN THE CITY OF ODESSA AT THE INTERSECTION

OF CENTER AND DIXIE STREET AND AT DIXIE AND 42ND STREET. 



AT 1220 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD HEAVY

RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS THE COUNTY. THIS RAIN WILL CONTINUE

FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT HOUR...THROUGH 130 AM CDT. THIS ADDITIONAL

RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE ONGOING FLASH FLOODING.



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

NORTH COWDEN...ODESSA...WEST ODESSA...PENWELL...INTERSTATE 20 WEST

OF PENWELL...GOLDSMITH AND GARDENDALE.



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

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

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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.



LAT...LON 3169 10278 3172 10235 3204 10235 3206 10278



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