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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

727 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007



TXC371-300230-

PECOS-

727 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PECOS

COUNTY...



AT 723 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THESE STORMS WERE

LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GIRVIN TO 17 MILES SOUTH OF

BELDING...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES WEST OF MCCAMEY TO

25 MILES SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.



AT 720 PM CDT...TV MEDIA REPORTED 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN FLOWING

OVER SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 385 IN FORT STOCKTON. FLOODING CAN

BE EXPECTED ACROSS FORT STOCKTON ON SECONDARY ROADS.



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 FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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

SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.



LAT...LON 3076 10360 3137 10300 3126 10282 3132 10266

      3121 10244 3107 10239 3099 10219 3098 10197

      3091 10188 3067 10176 3067 10214 3061 10216

      3061 10237 3042 10237 3053 10326



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