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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

148 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



TXC135-329-082230-

ECTOR-MIDLAND-

148 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



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

MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES...



AT 143 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF WATER 

FLOWING ACROSS THE INTERSECTION OF REDONDO AND 16TH STREET IN 

ODESSA.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WARFIELD...OR 10 MILES 

NORTHEAST OF ODESSA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING 

LOCATIONS...MIDLAND...ODESSA...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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