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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

439 AM CDT SAT SEP 8 2007



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DAWSON-

439 AM CDT SAT SEP 8 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR

DAWSON COUNTY...



AT 432 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF DAWSON COUNTY. EVEN 

THOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...FLOODING MAY STILL BE OCCURRING 

ACROSS MANY URBAN AND RURAL LOCATIONS. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT MANY 

LOCATIONS ACROSS DAWSON COUNTY RECEIVED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN FRIDAY EVENING AND EARLIER THIS SATURDAY MORNING. THE TEXAS 

TECH WEST TEXAS MESONET AT LAMESA REPORTED A TOTAL OF 2.10 INCHES OF 

RAIN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINS HAVE LIKELY CAUSED 

FLOODING OF MANY URBAN STREETS...RURAL ROADS...AND LOW LYING AREAS...

INCLUDING LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND BAR DITCHES.



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.



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 10218 3294 10170 3253 10172 3253 10219

TIME...MOT...LOC 0935Z 266DEG 15KT 3281 10112



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