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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1158 AM CDT WED MAY 9 2007



TXC135-329-092030-

ECTOR-MIDLAND-

1158 AM CDT WED MAY 9 2007



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

MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES...



AT 1156 AM CDT...BROADCAST METEOROLOGISTS REPORTED THAT THE 

INTERSTATE 20 FRONTAGE ROAD NEAR 1936 WAS BEING CLOSED DUE TO 

ONE TO ONE AND A HALF FEET OF WATER MAKING IT DANGEROUS AND

IMPASSABLE.  ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS ALONG INTERSTATE 20 ARE

BEGINNING TO BECOME AFFECTED WITH STANDING/FLOWING WATER...AND

MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE SOON.  



A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 

AFFECT MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.  THIS 

WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING POTENTIAL. TRAVEL THROUGH 

THESE AREAS SHOULD BE DONE ONLY AS NECESSARY AS CONDITIONS WILL

CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON.  IN ADDITION...

DUE TO THE RAPID NATURE OF FLOODING IN THESE LOCATIONS...DRIVING

CONDITIONS COULD CHANGE RAPIDLY...WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.  

EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED WHEN TRAVELING ON AREA ROADS

TODAY.



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. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN AROUND... DONT

DROWN.



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

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



FOR ROAD CONDITIONS IN TEXAS...PLEASE CALL THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF

TRANSPORTATION AT 1 800 452 9292...OR VISIT HTTP://WWW.DOT.STATE.TX.US



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



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