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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1103 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007



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MIDLAND-

1103 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR

MIDLAND COUNTY...



AT 1100 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

DETECT THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MIDLAND COUNTY PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.



LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORT NUMEROUS ROADS IN MIDLAND COUNTY ARE 

IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.  THIS INCLUDES THE INTERSECTION OF 

HIGHWAY 1788 AND BUSINESS I-20...THE INTERSECTION OF LOOP 250 AND 

HIGHWAY 191...PORTIONS OF WADLEY AVENUE AND MANY STREETS WITHIN THE 

CITY OF MIDLAND.  SEVERAL MOTORISTS AND VEHICLES ARE STRANDED AND 

SUBMERGED DUE TO FLOODING WATERS.  MIDLAND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 

REQUESTS THAT MOTORISTS DELAY DRIVING ACROSS MIDLAND COUNTY AS THIS 

IS A VERY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION.  



MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED 1.42 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN 

LESS THAN AN HOUR.   



THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT 

THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...COTTON 

FLAT... MIDLAND...VALLEY VIEW...SPRABERRY 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT 

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR WEST TEXAS.



LAT...LON 3208 10229 3188 10229 3166 10229 3166 10178

      3208 10178



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