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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

341 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2007



TXC003-135-021030-

ANDREWS-ECTOR-

341 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR

EASTERN ECTOR AND SOUTHEASTERN ANDREWS COUNTIES...



...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...



SEVERAL REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING AND HIGH WATER RESCUES HAVE BEEN 

RECEIVED IN THE CITY OF ODESSA EARLY THIS MORNING. MULTIPLE CARS 

HAVE BEEN STALLED AT JON BEN SHEPPARD AND 42ND STREET. HIGH WATER 

RESCUES HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT 31ST AND DIXIE...36TH AND DIXIE...52ND 

AND DIXIE...AND 52ND AND ESMUND.



AT 335 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN 

ANDREWS AND EASTERN ECTOR COUNTIES. WHILE MOST OF THE HEAVIER RAIN 

HAS SHIFTED SOUTH...ONGOING FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR 

THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO AVOID ROADS EARLY THIS 

MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN ANDREWS AND EASTERN ECTOR COUNTIES IF AT 

ALL POSSIBLE. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR FLOOD WATERS TO RECEDE. 



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW

INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

MIDLAND.



LAT...LON 3229 10263 3230 10221 3208 10221 3209 10229

      3176 10230 3176 10236 3175 10264

TIME...MOT...LOC 0836Z 180DEG 0KT 3191 10238



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