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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1233 AM CDT TUE SEP 11 2007



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GAINES-

1233 AM CDT TUE SEP 11 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR

GAINES COUNTY...



AT 1229 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED 

TO DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS GAINES COUNTY. 

THIS SHOWER ACTIVITY WAS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE ENTIRE COUNTY. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES OF FLASH FLOODING...

ESPECIALLY IN THE CITY OF SEMINOLE. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG U.S. 

HIGHWAY 62/180...TEXAS STATE HIGHWAY 181...U.S. HIGHWAY 385...OR 

FARM TO MARKET ROAD 1788 SHOULD BE AWARE OF POSSIBLE FLOODING. 



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING

LOCATIONS...SEMINOLE AND PAYNES CORNER.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

MIDLAND.



LAT...LON 3294 10303 3293 10223 3254 10222 3254 10302

TIME...MOT...LOC 0533Z 052DEG 6KT 3269 10274



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