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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

804 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2007



TXC135-021430-

ECTOR-

804 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM CDT FOR ECTOR

COUNTY...



AT 750 AM CDT...ODESSA FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED HIGH WATER ON 25TH 

STREET BETWEEN ADAMS AND EISENHOWER WHERE A DUMPSTER WAS FLOATING 

DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.  AT 800 AM CDT...THE ECTOR COUNTY 

SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT WATER WAS STILL STANDING AND RUNNING 

OVER SOME ROADWAYS...BUT BEGINNING TO RECEDE IN OTHER AREAS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST

ODESSA...ODESSA...NOTREES...NORTH COWDEN...GOLDSMITH AND GARDENDALE



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 3166 10229 3165 10230 3165 10279 3166 10280

      3208 10280 3209 10279 3208 10229 3208 10228

TIME...MOT...LOC 1304Z 180DEG 0KT 3183 10250



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