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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1049 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007



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LEA-

949 PM MDT SUN JUN 17 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM MDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY...



AT 947 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

ONLY LIGHT SHOWERS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY. 

HOWEVER...DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN SOUTH OF STATE HIGHWAY 128 AND WEST OF STATE HIGHWAY 18. 

RUNOFF FROM EARLIER VERY HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF 

FLASH FLOODING...PARTICULARLY ON STATE HIGHWAYS 18 AND 205 SOUTH OF 

JAL. 



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.



LAT...LON 3200 10306 3201 10353 3224 10354 3223 10306



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