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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

113 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2007



TXC329-020830-

MIDLAND-

113 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR

NORTHERN MIDLAND COUNTY...



THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE 

POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING 

WATER TO QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS A 

FLOODED ROADWAY.



AT 112 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGH WATER 

RESCUES IN PROGRESS IN THE CITY OF MIDLAND. THE MIDLAND POLICE 

DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT THE INTERSECTIONS OF ILLINOIS AND 

STONYBROOK...HIGHWAY 191 AND LOOP 250...AND MIDLAND DRIVE AND WALL 

STREET ARE COMPLETELY FLOODED...WITH REPORTS OF VEHICLES WASHED OFF 

THE ROAD...AND HIGH WATER RESCUES IN PROGRESS.



AT 102 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT A LARGE COMPLEX OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ACROSS 

NORTHERN MIDLAND COUNTY...FROM MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...TO 

THE CITY OF MIDLAND...TO VALLEY VIEW...GREENWOOD...AND SPRABERRY. 

THE STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 5 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE EASILY 

PRODUCED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN SOME AREAS. ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH 200 AM.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY 

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

MIDLAND.



LAT...LON 3193 10177 3184 10178 3185 10229 3209 10229

      3209 10184 3208 10178 3207 10178

TIME...MOT...LOC 0608Z 267DEG 7KT 3201 10176



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