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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1209 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007



TXC335-301930-

MITCHELL-

1209 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007



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

MITCHELL COUNTY...



AT NOON CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL 

AND EASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY. AT NOON CDT...A LOCAL RADIO STATION IN 

COLORADO CITY RELAYED REPORTS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH STREET 

FLOODING ONGOING IN THE COMMUNITY OF LORAINE. NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY SINCE 

11 AM...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 3 INCHES OVER SOUTHEASTERN 

MITCHELL COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

WESTBROOK...LORAINE...CUTHBERT...COLORADO CITY...AS WELL AS 

INTERSTATE 20 NEAR LORAINE...AND STATE HIGHWAYS 163 AND 208 SOUTH OF 

COLORADO CITY.



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING.



LAT...LON 3210 10116 3210 10068 3251 10067 3251 10117



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