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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1138 AM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



TXC003-165-082200-

GAINES-ANDREWS-

1138 AM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



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

ANDREWS AND GAINES COUNTIES...



AT 1135 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT U.S. 

HIGHWAY 180 EAST OF SEMINOLE HAD BEEN CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.  

THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SEMINOLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING 

LOCATIONS...SEMINOLE...SEAGRAVES...FAIRVIEW AND CEDAR LAKE.



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.



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



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