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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

232 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



TXC135-329-082230-

ECTOR-MIDLAND-

232 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



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

MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES...



AT 229 PM CDT...FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN MIDLAND A I AND WADLEY AND 

ON ANDREWS HIGHWAY.  FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MIDLAND...

ODESSA...AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING

LOCATIONS...COTTON FLAT...MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...WARFIELD...

MIDLAND...VALLEY VIEW 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 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.



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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WGUS74 KMAF 081934

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

232 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



TXC135-329-082230-

ECTOR-MIDLAND-

232 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



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

MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES...



AT 229 PM CDT...FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN MIDLAND A I AND WADLEY AND 

ON ANDREWS HIGHWAY.  FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MIDLAND...

ODESSA...AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING

LOCATIONS...COTTON FLAT...MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...WARFIELD...

MIDLAND...VALLEY VIEW 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 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.



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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