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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1148 AM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



TXC135-329-082230-

ECTOR-MIDLAND-

1148 AM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR

MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES...



AT 1144 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

DETECT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS JUST WEST OF ECTOR COUNTY THAT WILL 

MOVE INTO ECTOR AND MIDLAND COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR.  THESE STORMS 

WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IN THE MIDLAND/ODESSA 

METRO AREA.  THESE STORMS ARE LOCATED BETWEEN KERMIT AND ANDREWS AT 

THIS TIME AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING 

LOCATIONS...

MIDLAND...

ODESSA...

WEST ODESSA...

GARDENDALE...

PENWELL...

AND PLEASANT FARMS.



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 ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY IN STORM RUNOFF. CULVERTS...DITCHES...

STORM DRAINS... SWOLLEN CREEKS AND ALL OTHER AREAS WHERE RAPID WATER

FLOW IS OBSERVED ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. CHILDREN CAN BE EASILY

SWEPT AWAY AND DROWN IN MOMENTS. STORM RUNOFF CAN ALSO CONTAIN

DANGEROUS CHEMICALS THAT MAY BE HARMFUL IF CONTACTED OR SWALLOWED.



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. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN AROUND... DONT

DROWN.



LAT...LON 3166 10279 3167 10178 3208 10178 3208 10279



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