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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

542 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007



TXC329-300100-

MIDLAND-

542 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR

MIDLAND COUNTY...



AT 540 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM 

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ON LOOP 250 IN MIDLAND.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 

NEAR MIDLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING

LOCATIONS...MIDLAND...COTTON FLAT...VALLEY VIEW AND GREENWOOD.



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.



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.



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

SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

SUNDAY EVENING FOR WEST TEXAS.



LAT...LON 3167 10229 3166 10178 3209 10178 3207 10228



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