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WGUS74 KMAF 151350

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

846 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2007



TXC227-151545-

HOWARD-

846 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2007



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

HOWARD COUNTY...



AT 842 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL

LOW LYING STREETS CLOSED IN BIG SPRING. AT 842 AM CDT...A STRONG

THUNDERSTORM EXTENDED FROM BIG SPRING TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF BIG 

SPRING...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAINFALL OVER ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL OCCUR MAINLY SOUTH OF BIG

SPRING. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BIG 

SPRING...ELBOW...LOMAX...FORSAN AND RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN 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.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



LAT...LON 3249 10166 3250 10121 3213 10122 3212 10166



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