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WGUS74 KMAF 081822

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

118 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



TXC135-329-082230-

ECTOR-MIDLAND-

118 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



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

MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES...



AT 113 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN WEST ODESSA 

FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH THROUGH 

ECTOR COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

ODESSA...

NOTREES...

MIDLAND...

GREENWOOD...

GOLDSMITH...

GARDENDALE AND COTTON FLAT.



THIS LINE OF STORMS IS IN THE ODESSA AREA AT THIS TIME.  FLASH 

FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN WEST ODESSA WITH THESE STORMS.  HEAVY 

RAIN WILL BEGIN FALLING IN ODESSA SHORTLY.  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 10 TO 

15 MINUTES.  FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN THE WEST ODESSA AREA.  

THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING SITUATION. 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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000 

WGUS74 KMAF 081822

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

118 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



TXC135-329-082230-

ECTOR-MIDLAND-

118 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



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

MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES...



AT 113 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN WEST ODESSA 

FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH THROUGH 

ECTOR COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

ODESSA...

NOTREES...

MIDLAND...

GREENWOOD...

GOLDSMITH...

GARDENDALE AND COTTON FLAT.



THIS LINE OF STORMS IS IN THE ODESSA AREA AT THIS TIME.  FLASH 

FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN WEST ODESSA WITH THESE STORMS.  HEAVY 

RAIN WILL BEGIN FALLING IN ODESSA SHORTLY.  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 10 TO 

15 MINUTES.  FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN THE WEST ODESSA AREA.  

THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING SITUATION. 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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