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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

920 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007



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ECTOR-

920 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR

WESTERN ECTOR COUNTY...



AT 916 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT SHOWERS ACROSS WESTERN ECTOR COUNTY. ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION 

INTENSITY CONTINUES TO DECREASE...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A FLASH FLOOD THREAT ACROSS PORTIONS 

OF WESTERN ECTOR COUNTY...INCLUDING FARM TO MARKET ROADS 866...2020 

AND 1601. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST 

ODESSA...NOTREES...AND GOLDSMITH



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.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



LAT...LON 3208 10279 3207 10252 3174 10244 3166 10247

      3166 10279

TIME...MOT...LOC 0220Z 180DEG 0KT 3178 10259



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