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WGUS74 KMAF 210344

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1043 PM CDT FRI JUL 20 2007



TXC043-210353-

BREWSTER-

1043 PM CDT FRI JUL 20 2007



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN

BREWSTER COUNTY...



AT 1043 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.



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

WATER WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON SOME ROADWAYS...INCLUDING U.S. HIGHWAY 

90 BETWEEN ALTUDA AND MARATHON. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN CAUTIOUS AND 

BE PREPARED TO SLOW DOWN IF WATER IS ENCOUNTERED TO 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.



LAT...LON 3060 10347 3005 10266 2978 10286 3013 10369

      3029 10378

TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 180DEG 0KT 3038 10332



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