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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1208 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2007



TXC317-020730-

MARTIN-

1208 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR

MARTIN COUNTY...



AT 1200 AM CDT...SKYWARN STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED 8 INCHES OF WATER 

FLOWING ACROSS THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 137 AND FARM TO 

MARKET ROAD 846 IN MARTIN COUNTY. 



AT 1202 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED 

TO DETECT A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY. THE 

STORMS ARE SLOWLY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. 



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.



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 3234 10168 3232 10170 3210 10170 3209 10176

      3209 10220 3252 10220 3251 10170 3250 10170

TIME...MOT...LOC 0504Z 328DEG 13KT 3220 10184



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