

000 

WGUS74 KMAF 082305

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

601 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



TXC371-443-090115-

PECOS-TERRELL-

601 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR

EASTERN TERRELL AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES...



AT 559 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

DETECT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR 

SHEFFIELD TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE TERRELL GAS PLANT.  THESE

STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO

CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...

CITY STREETS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS.



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE 

FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

SHEFFIELD...

THE TERRELL GAS PLANT...

STATE HIGHWAY 349...



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.  TURN AROUND...

DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3083 10200 2999 10221 3000 10178 3035 10175

      3047 10172 3064 10167 3065 10176 3071 10177

      3087 10187



$$

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000 

WGUS74 KMAF 082305

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

601 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



TXC371-443-090115-

PECOS-TERRELL-

601 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR

EASTERN TERRELL AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES...



AT 559 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

DETECT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR 

SHEFFIELD TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE TERRELL GAS PLANT.  THESE

STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO

CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...

CITY STREETS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS.



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE 

FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

SHEFFIELD...

THE TERRELL GAS PLANT...

STATE HIGHWAY 349...



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.  TURN AROUND...

DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3083 10200 2999 10221 3000 10178 3035 10175

      3047 10172 3064 10167 3065 10176 3071 10177

      3087 10187



$$

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