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WGUS74 KMAF 091818

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

111 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007



TXC033-092200-

BORDEN-

111 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR

BORDEN COUNTY...



AT 108 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

MONITOR A BROAD AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

RAINFALL ACROSS BORDEN COUNTY.  CURRENTLY NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WAS

BEING REPORTED...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT 

THE DAY...FURTHER AGGRAVATING THE FLOOD CONDITIONS.  THOSE TRAVELING

THROUGH THE AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MAKE ALTERNATE ARRANGEMENTS

SHOULD THE ROADS BECOME IMPASSABLE.  



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.



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 3252 10169 3251 10118 3295 10118 3294 10168



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WGUS74 KMAF 091818

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

111 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007



TXC033-092200-

BORDEN-

111 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR

BORDEN COUNTY...



AT 108 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

MONITOR A BROAD AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

RAINFALL ACROSS BORDEN COUNTY.  CURRENTLY NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WAS

BEING REPORTED...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT 

THE DAY...FURTHER AGGRAVATING THE FLOOD CONDITIONS.  THOSE TRAVELING

THROUGH THE AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MAKE ALTERNATE ARRANGEMENTS

SHOULD THE ROADS BECOME IMPASSABLE.  



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.



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 3252 10169 3251 10118 3295 10118 3294 10168



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