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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

135 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2007



TXC115-291000-

DAWSON-

135 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR

DAWSON COUNTY...



AT 125 AM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED WATER UP

TO 6 INCHES OVER THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 87 ON THE NORTH PORTION

OF THE TOWN OF LAMESA NEAR THE WAL MART. IN ADDITION LAW ENFORCEMENT

REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROADWAY ON BRYANT STREET NEAR THE PARK 

ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF LAMESA. 



AT 115 AM CDT DOPPLER RADAR HAD ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF OVER

AN INCH PER HOUR SINCE 1015 PM CDT LAST EVENING ALONG HIGHWAY 180

THROUGH THE COUNTY AND ALONG HIGHWAY 87 NORTH OF LAMESA TO THE 

COUNTY LINE.



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

PUNKIN CENTER...SAND...HANCOCK...LAMESA...KEY...GRANDVIEW AND ARVANA



MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS

DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED

ROADS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY

CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING

FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO.



LAT...LON 3254 10219 3254 10172 3293 10170 3293 10218



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