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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

545 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007



TXC115-227-415-092255-

SCURRY-DAWSON-HOWARD-

545 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR HOWARD...DAWSON...AND 

  SCURRY COUNTIES...



AT 545 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

THE HEAVY RAIN THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND

NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF CAUSING FLASH FLOODING.  HOWEVER...

THE GROUND IN THESE AREAS IS SATURATED...SO ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL

OVERNIGHT COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING CONCERNS.



ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS PASSED...PONDING OF

WATER WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON SOME ROADWAYS...IN BAR DITCHES...AND 

CREEK LEVELS WILL BE UP. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN CAUTIOUS AND BE 

PREPARED TO SLOW DOWN IF WATER IS ENCOUNTERED T PREVENT HYDROPLANING 

AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.



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.



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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