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WGUS74 KMAF 082005

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

302 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



TXC033-227-317-090030-

BORDEN-HOWARD-MARTIN-

302 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR

MARTIN...HOWARD AND BORDEN COUNTIES...



AT 300 PM CDT...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ON

HIGHWAY 87 /GREG STREET/ IN BIG SPRING. WATER WAS REPORTED TO BE AT

LEAST 6 INCHES DEEP ALONG AREAS OF HIGHWAY 87. 



THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE 

FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BIG SPRING...SOUTH HAVEN...ELBOW...MIDWAY...SAND

SPRINGS...COAHOMA AND VINCENT. IN ADDITION...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL

WILL CONTINUE BEHIND THE INITIAL LINE OF STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

FURTHER AGGRAVATING THE FLOODING POTENTIAL.



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.



LAT...LON 3211 10217 3209 10119 3294 10119 3296 10168

      3251 10170 3250 10219



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