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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

731 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2007



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MIDLAND-

731 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR

MIDLAND COUNTY...



AT 727 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED 

OVER THE CITY OF MIDLAND.  A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE 

REPORTED ONE FOOT OF WATER OVER THE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF 

WADLEY AVENUE AND A STREET.  ALSO...SEVERAL LOCATIONS ON WADLEY FROM 

BIG SPRING STREET AND GARFIELD HAD 4 TO 6 INCHES OF FLOWING WATER.  

MORE HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THE MIDLAND AREA AND THIS HEAVY RAIN 

COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WARFIELD...

VALLEY VIEW...SPRABERRY...MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...MIDLAND...

GREENWOOD AND COTTON FLAT



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.



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.



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 3168 10178 3169 10228 3208 10227 3208 10178

TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 180DEG 0KT 3185 10187



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