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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1008 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007



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GAINES-

1008 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR

GAINES COUNTY...



AT 1005 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

DETECT A LARGE THUNDERSTORM ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN GAINES COUNTY.

THIS STORM IS BELIEVED TO BE PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THE CENTER OF 

THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF FAIRVIEW...OR 11 MILES EAST

OF SEMINOLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN TWO 

AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GAINES

COUNTY DURING THE PAST HOUR.



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.



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 3294 10304 3295 10236 3253 10238 3253 10304

TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 252DEG 12KT 3276 10245



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