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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1123 AM CDT WED MAY 9 2007



TXC135-329-092030-

ECTOR-MIDLAND-

1123 AM CDT WED MAY 9 2007



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

MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES...



AT 1121 AM CDT...CONTINUED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WAS AFFECTING

MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES.  REPORTS FROM LOCAL BROADCAST 

METEOROLOGISTS INDICATED THAT MUCH OF DOWNTOWN MIDLAND WAS

EXPERIENCING STREET FLOODING WITH CURB TO CURB WATER LEVELS. IN

ADDITION...BUSINESS 20/HIGHWAY 80 IS BEGINNING TO FLOOD NEAR MONAHANS

DRAW...AND COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE.  REPORTS ARE ALSO COMING IN THAT 

SOME HOUSES SOUTH OF MIDLAND ON/NEAR HIGHWAY 349 ARE BEGINNING TO 

TO HAVE ROUGHLY 1 INCH OF WATER INSIDE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND WILL CONTINUE

TO AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION. 



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

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

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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 3165 10281 3167 10180 3206 10178 3209 10278



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