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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

307 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007



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307 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR NORTH

CENTRAL PECOS...WESTERN CRANE AND EASTERN WARD COUNTIES...



AT 306 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THESE STORMS WERE

REPEATEDLY MOVING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

THE MONAHANS SANDHILLS TO IMPERIAL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM

15 MILES EAST OF MONAHANS TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRANE. STORMS 

ALONG THIS LINE WERE MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. MORE THAN AN INCH

OF RAIN HAD OCCURRED IN THE LAST HOUR ALONG THIS LINE.



THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING

LOCATIONS...IMPERIAL...THE MONAHANS SANDHILLS AND TUBBS CORNER.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR

SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.



LAT...LON 3165 10311 3143 10326 3141 10326 3139 10324

      3138 10320 3137 10307 3139 10305 3138 10303

      3138 10302 3102 10303 3102 10265 3166 10251



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