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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1150 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007



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DAWSON-

1150 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR

DAWSON COUNTY...



AT 1146 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

DETECT THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THESE STORMS

WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH ACROSS DAWSON COUNTY. ONE CLUSTER IS 

LOCATED BETWEEN LAMESA AND PATRICIA...AND THE OTHER ALONG A LINE FROM

KEY TO ARVANA TO WELCH. DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS AFTERNOON AND 

THEN AGAIN THIS EVENING...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH EXPECTED

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE CITY OF LAMESA. 



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

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

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN AROUND... DONT

DROWN.



LAT...LON 3294 10219 3294 10170 3252 10171 3253 10218

TIME...MOT...LOC 0450Z 242DEG 17KT 3300 10175



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