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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

210 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2007



TXC329-020830-

MIDLAND-

210 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...



AT 206 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND MEDIA REPORTED 

NUMEROUS FLOODED STREETS INCLUDING THE HIGHWAY 191 AND LOOP 

250...AND PARTS OF WADELY WITH WATER RESCUES REPORTED. THE NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE HAS REPORTED 2.11 OF RAIN AT THE MIDLAND 

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. ACCORDING TO RADAR THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN WEST AND SOUTHWEST MIDLAND AND SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS 

ANTICIPATED IN THESE AREAS WITH WATER POSSIBLY INTO SOME HOMES.



RADAR INDICATES THAT THESE STORMS ARE MOVING OUT OF MIDLAND AND 

FLOODING OF RURAL ROADS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY SOUTHWEST OF 

MIDLAND. TRAVEL IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED THIS MORNING AS IT WILL TAKE 

HOURS FOR THE WATER TO RECEDE.



MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS

DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED 

ROADS. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 



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

      3209 10184 3208 10178 3207 10178

TIME...MOT...LOC 0710Z 267DEG 7KT 3201 10162



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