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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1142 AM CDT WED MAY 9 2007



TXC135-329-092030-

ECTOR-MIDLAND-

1142 AM CDT WED MAY 9 2007



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

MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES...



AT 1140 AM CDT...CONTINUED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WAS AFFECTING

MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES. REPORTS FROM LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA 

REPORTED A HIGH WATER RESCUE IN THE CITY OF ODESSA AT THE 

INTERSECTION OF TOM GREEN AND 21ST STREET. IN ADDITION MANY STREETS

IN MIDLAND AND ODESSA ARE FLOODED WITH WATER FROM CURB TO CURB.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WARFIELD...

VALLEY VIEW...SPRABERRY...NOTREES...NORTH COWDEN...MISSION DORADO...

MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...MIDLAND...GREENWOOD...GOLDSMITH...

GARDENDALE AND COTTON FLAT.



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.



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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