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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1232 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



TXC135-329-082230-

ECTOR-MIDLAND-

1232 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



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

MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES...



AT 1230 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

DETECT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN 

THE MIDLAND/ODESSA AREA.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF 

GOLDSMITH...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST ODESSA...MOVING EAST AT 75 

MPH.



THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL BE IN THE ODESSA AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 20 

MINUTES.  THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING IN WINKLER AND 

LOVING COUNTY IN THE LAST FEW HOURS.  THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOODING 

SITUATION.  VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FOR AT LEAST HALF AN HOUR.  DO 

NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.  MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR WHEN CARS 

ARE DRIVEN INTO FLOODED ROADS.  A SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER WILL FLOAT A 

CAR.  TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.  



THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE MIDLAND AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 45 

MINUTES.  PLEASE COMPLETE ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL PRIOR TO THE 

ARRIVAL OF THE STORM.  THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING SITUATION.



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING

LOCATIONS...

ODESSA...

WEST ODESSA...

MIDLAND...

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

DROWN.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING

FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.



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



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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1232 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



TXC135-329-082230-

ECTOR-MIDLAND-

1232 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



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

MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES...



AT 1230 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

DETECT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN 

THE MIDLAND/ODESSA AREA.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF 

GOLDSMITH...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST ODESSA...MOVING EAST AT 10 

MPH.



THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL BE IN THE ODESSA AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 20 

MINUTES.  THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING IN WINKLER AND 

LOVING COUNTY IN THE LAST FEW HOURS.  THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOODING 

SITUATION.  VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FOR AT LEAST HALF AN HOUR.  DO 

NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.  MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR WHEN CARS 

ARE DRIVEN INTO FLOODED ROADS.  A SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER WILL FLOAT A 

CAR.  TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.  



THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE MIDLAND AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 45 

MINUTES.  PLEASE COMPLETE ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL PRIOR TO THE 

ARRIVAL OF THE STORM.  THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING SITUATION.



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING

LOCATIONS...

ODESSA...

WEST ODESSA...

MIDLAND...

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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING 

FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.



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



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