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WGUS74 KMAF 091537

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1029 AM CDT WED MAY 9 2007



TXC135-329-092030-

ECTOR-MIDLAND-

1029 AM CDT WED MAY 9 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR

MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES...



AT 1026 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

MONITOR AN AREA THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF GOLDSMITH...

TO ODESSA...TO PLEASANT FARMS AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.



PUBLIC REPORTS INDICATE THAT GRANT STREET FROM INTERSTATE 20 NORTH 

TO HIGHWAY 80/BUSINESS 20 IS UNDERWATER.  AS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

CONTINUES THROUGHOUT BOTH COUNTIES...ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS 

EXPECTED AND MANY ROADS MAY REQUIRE CLOSING OR BECOME IMPASSABLE 

DUE TO HIGH WATER. EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED WHILE 

TRAVELING THROUGH MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES TODAY WITH THE 

INCREASED FLOODING THREATS.  



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.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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.



LAT...LON 3165 10281 3167 10180 3206 10178 3209 10278



$$





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000 

WGUS74 KMAF 091537

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1029 AM CDT WED MAY 9 2007



TXC135-329-092030-

ECTOR-MIDLAND-

1029 AM CDT WED MAY 9 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR

MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES...



AT 1026 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

MONITOR AN AREA THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF GOLDSMITH...

TO ODESSA...TO PLEASANT FARMS AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.



PUBLIC REPORTS INDICATE THAT GRANT STREET FROM INTERSTATE 20 NORTH 

TO HIGHWAY 80/BUSINESS 20 IS UNDERWATER.  AS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

CONTINUES THROUGHOUT BOTH COUNTIES...ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS 

EXPECTED AND MANY ROADS MAY REQUIRE CLOSING OR BECOME IMPASSABLE 

DUE TO HIGH WATER. EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED WHILE 

TRAVELING THROUGH MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES TODAY WITH THE 

INCREASED FLOODING THREATS.  



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.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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.



LAT...LON 3165 10281 3167 10180 3206 10178 3209 10278



$$





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