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WGUS74 KMAF 021324

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

821 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2007



TXC371-021345-

PECOS-

821 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR

NORTHERN PECOS COUNTY...



AT 820 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR IS INDICATING HOURLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES 

7 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO IMPERIAL... 

COYANOSA...AND FORT STOCKTON.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY.



LAT...LON 3124 10279 3128 10268 3121 10248 3111 10245

      3106 10240 3094 10196 3085 10188 3069 10182

      3074 10251 3101 10332 3135 10302

TIME...MOT...LOC 1321Z 180DEG 0KT 3105 10280



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