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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

557 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007



TXC115-080200-

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DAWSON-

557 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR

DAWSON COUNTY...



AT 556 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

DETECT A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS

LOCATED NEAR LAMESA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.  SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE

STREET FLOODING IN LAMESA WITH OVER A FOOT OF WATER RUNNING ACROSS

PORTIONS OF HWY 87.



DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY IN STORM RUNOFF. CULVERTS...DITCHES...

STORM DRAINS... SWOLLEN CREEKS AND ALL OTHER AREAS WHERE RAPID WATER

FLOW IS OBSERVED ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. CHILDREN CAN BE EASILY

SWEPT AWAY AND DROWN IN MOMENTS. STORM RUNOFF CAN ALSO CONTAIN

DANGEROUS CHEMICALS THAT MAY BE HARMFUL IF CONTACTED OR SWALLOWED.



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 3293 10215 3294 10171 3254 10172 3254 10217

TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 262DEG 10KT 3275 10190



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