

000 

WGUS74 KMAF 080447

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1140 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007



TXC165-080500-

/X.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070908T0500Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

GAINES-

1140 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007



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

GAINES COUNTY...



AT 1135 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

DETECT A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS

LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SEMINOLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. RADAR

ESTIMATES OF 3 INCHES OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY HAS BEEN

SEEN. NEW DEVELOPMENT OVER WESTERN GAINES COUNTY COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH. FLASH FLOODING IN THE CITY OF SEMINOLE AND OTHER

SMALL TOWNS WILL BE POSSIBLE.



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.



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 3294 10304 3295 10236 3253 10238 3253 10304

TIME...MOT...LOC 0440Z 252DEG 12KT 3285 10210



$$

