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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

520 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



TXC383-090030-

REAGAN-

520 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



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

REAGAN COUNTY...



AT 502 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED LOW WATER CROSSINGS WITH WATER 

RUNNING ONE FOOT DEEP IN BIG LAKE.



AT 521 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF EASTERN

AND SOUTHERN REAGAN COUNTY. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE

FLOODING OF BAR DITCHES...CREEKS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STILES...BIG 

LAKE...AND NORTH REAGAN FIRE STATION.



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 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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW

INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3110 10177 3108 10128 3165 10126 3165 10177



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