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WGUS74 KMAF 081801

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1258 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



TXC135-329-082230-

ECTOR-MIDLAND-

1258 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



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

MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES...



AT 1257 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

MONITOR A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES.  THIS LINE OF STORMS

IS LOCATED NEAR WEST ODESSA AND IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. IT WILL BEGIN

AFFECTING THE CITY OF ODESSA WITHIN THE NEXT 10 TO 15 MINUTES AND THE 

CITY OF MIDLAND WITH IN THE NEXT 15 TO 20 MINUTES. 



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING

LOCATIONS...ODESSA...MISSION DORADO...WARFIELD...MIDLAND...GREENWOOD

AND SPRABERRY.



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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000 

WGUS74 KMAF 081801

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1258 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



TXC135-329-082230-

ECTOR-MIDLAND-

1258 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



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

MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES...



AT 1257 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

MONITOR A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES.  THIS LINE OF STORMS

IS LOCATED NEAR WEST ODESSA AND IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. IT WILL BEGIN

AFFECTING THE CITY OF ODESSA WITHIN THE NEXT 10 TO 15 MINUTES AND THE 

CITY OF MIDLAND WITH IN THE NEXT 15 TO 20 MINUTES. 



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING

LOCATIONS...ODESSA...MISSION DORADO...WARFIELD...MIDLAND...GREENWOOD

AND SPRABERRY.



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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