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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

100 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007



TXC115-227-415-092245-

SCURRY-DAWSON-HOWARD-

100 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR

HOWARD...DAWSON AND SCURRY COUNTIES...



AT 1255 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

MONITOR A BROAD AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.

THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN

PERMIAN BASIN AND AFFECTING HOWARD...DAWSON...AND SCURRY COUNTIES.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THESE AREAS 

AT 20 MPH...FURTHER AGGRAVATING THE FLOOD CONDITIONS.  



DAWSON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED MANY ROADS THROUGHOUT THE 

COUNTY HAVE WATER OVER THEM...MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS.  THOSE TRAVELING

THROUGH DAWSON COUNTY SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND HAVE AN

ALTERNATE TRAVEL ROUTE SHOULD THE ROADS BECOME IMPASSABLE.



SCURRY COUNTY IS NOT REPORTING ANY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN THE COUNTY

HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING AND WILL CONTINUE...WHICH 

COULD CHANGE THIS. INTERESTS IN SCURRY COUNTY SHOULD CONTINUE TO 

MONITOR WEATHER AND FLOODING CONDITIONS AS THEY COULD RAPIDLY CHANGE 

WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.



HOWARD COUNTY OFFICIALS INDICATED THAT MANY OF THE USUAL AREAS ARE

EXPERIENCING HIGHER WATER LEVELS...ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 87.  EXTREME

CARE SHOULD BE USED WHEN DRIVING THROUGH THE BIG SPRING AREA...AND 

AROUND OTHER FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS IN HOWARD COUNTY.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 3254 10067 3252 10119 3212 10118 3210 10151

      3211 10169 3251 10166 3252 10121 3272 10116

      3274 10118 3276 10169 3254 10170 3254 10218

      3295 10218 3296 10170 3276 10168 3274 10118

      3295 10116 3296 10066



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