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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1130 AM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



TXC003-165-082200-

GAINES-ANDREWS-

1130 AM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR

ANDREWS AND GAINES COUNTIES...



AT 1127 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MAJOR FLOODING 

ALL ACROSS THE CITY OF SEMINOLE.  WATER LEVELS THROUGH THE ROADS ARE AT 2

FEET WITH WATER RESCUES BEING PERFORMED AT THIS TIME.  IN ADDITION...

US HIGHWAY 180 HAS 2 FEET OF WATER IN MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS THROUGHOUT

THE COUNTY. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS LOCATED NEAR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING

FROM SEAGRAVES...TO SEMINOLE...TO FLOREY AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING

LOCATIONS...SEAGRAVES...SEMINOLE...FLOREY...ANDREWS...CEDAR LAKE AND

US HIGHWAY 180 THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW

INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3208 10305 3209 10222 3294 10220 3293 10303



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WGUS74 KMAF 081633

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1130 AM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



TXC003-165-082200-

GAINES-ANDREWS-

1130 AM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR

ANDREWS AND GAINES COUNTIES...



AT 1127 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MAJOR FLOODING 

ALL ACROSS THE CITY OF SEMINOLE.  WATER LEVELS THROUGH THE ROADS ARE AT 2

FEET WITH WATER RESCUES BEING PERFORMED AT THIS TIME.  IN ADDITION...

US HIGHWAY 180 HAS 2 FEET OF WATER IN MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS THROUGHOUT

THE COUNTY. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS LOCATED NEAR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING

FROM SEAGRAVES...TO SEMINOLE...TO FLOREY AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING

LOCATIONS...SEAGRAVES...SEMINOLE...FLOREY...ANDREWS...CEDAR LAKE AND

US HIGHWAY 180 THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW

INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3208 10305 3209 10222 3294 10220 3293 10303



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