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000 

WGUS74 KMAF 180244

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

939 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007



TXC173-227-180445-

HOWARD-GLASSCOCK-

939 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR

HOWARD AND NORTHERN GLASSCOCK COUNTIES...



AT 936 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT BANDS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO 

MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF HOWARD AND 

NORTHERN GLASSCOCK COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN TODAY... 

ESPECIALLY ACROSS LOCATIONS FROM BIG SPRING TO NEAR GARDEN CITY.



THE HOWARD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE INDICATES THAT FLOODING OF SOME 

ROADS HAS OCCURRED THIS EVENING...BUT NO ROAD CLOSURES ARE REPORTED.



KEEP IN MIND THAT EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...BAR DITCHES...CULVERTS...CITY 

STREETS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS THIS EVENING. 



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

DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. 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.



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.



LAT...LON 3209 10118 3209 10125 3183 10127 3183 10179

      3209 10177 3209 10170 3250 10169 3251 10119

TIME...MOT...LOC 0239Z 137DEG 4KT 3232 10154



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000 

WGUS74 KMAF 180244

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

939 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007



TXC173-227-180445-

HOWARD-GLASSCOCK-

939 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR

HOWARD AND NORTHERN GLASSCOCK COUNTIES...



AT 936 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT BANDS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO 

MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF HOWARD AND 

NORTHERN GLASSCOCK COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN TODAY... 

ESPECIALLY ACROSS LOCATIONS FROM BIG SPRING TO NEAR GARDEN CITY.



THE HOWARD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE INDICATES THAT FLOODING OF SOME 

ROADS HAS OCCURRED THIS EVENING...BUT NO ROAD CLOSURES ARE REPORTED.



KEEP IN MIND THAT EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...BAR DITCHES...CULVERTS...CITY 

STREETS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS THIS EVENING. 



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

DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. 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.



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.



LAT...LON 3209 10118 3209 10125 3183 10127 3183 10179

      3209 10177 3209 10170 3250 10169 3251 10119

TIME...MOT...LOC 0239Z 137DEG 4KT 3232 10154



$$

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