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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1134 AM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



TXC301-389-081930-

LOVING-REEVES-

1134 AM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR

REEVES AND LOVING COUNTIES...



AT 1131 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN 

PECOS WITH WATER RUNNING IN THE BAR DITCHES.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 

11 MILES EAST OF MENTONE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING 

LOCATIONS...

PECOS...

BALMORHEA...

EASTERN LOVING COUNTY...

AND RURAL REEVES 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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



LAT...LON 3200 10400 3151 10404 3111 10409 3078 10358

      3135 10305 3143 10349 3162 10353 3167 10367

      3167 10336 3198 10334



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