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WGUS74 KMAF 210136

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

834 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2007



TXC109-243-389-210345-

CULBERSON-REEVES-JEFF DAVIS-

834 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS...SOUTHWESTERN REEVES AND EAST CENTRAL

CULBERSON COUNTIES...



AT 830 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER 

FLOWING OVER BOTH LANES OF INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 185 

AND 186.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BALMORHEA... 

OR 29 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PECOS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING 

LOCATIONS...JEFF DAVIS COUNTY...INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN VAN HORN AND 

BALMORHEA...AND INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN KENT AND PECOS.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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 3097 10440 3132 10443 3138 10408 3097 10340

      3095 10343 3093 10343 3060 10375



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000 

WGUS74 KMAF 210136

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

834 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2007



TXC109-243-389-210345-

CULBERSON-REEVES-JEFF DAVIS-

834 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS...SOUTHWESTERN REEVES AND EAST CENTRAL

CULBERSON COUNTIES...



AT 830 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER 

FLOWING OVER BOTH LANES OF INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 185 

AND 186.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BALMORHEA... 

OR 29 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PECOS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING 

LOCATIONS...JEFF DAVIS COUNTY...INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN VAN HORN AND 

BALMORHEA...AND INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN KENT AND PECOS.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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 3097 10440 3132 10443 3138 10408 3097 10340

      3095 10343 3093 10343 3060 10375



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