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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1010 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007



TXC135-021700-

ECTOR-

1010 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR ECTOR

COUNTY...



AT 1004 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS ODESSA.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES 

NORTH OF GARDENDALE...OR 15 MILES EAST OF ANDREWS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 

30 MPH.  AT LEAST TWO FEET OF WATER HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS CITY ROADS 

IN ODESSA.  



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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO.



LAT...LON 3206 10278 3166 10280 3166 10229 3208 10229



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