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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

640 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2007



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PECOS-BREWSTER-

640 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER AND WESTERN PECOS COUNTIES...



AT 637 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH 

OF WESTERN PECOS COUNTY AND ALONG HIGHWAY 90 IN NORTHWEST BREWSTER

COUNTY BETWEEN ALPINE AND MARATHON...INCLUDING MARATHON. 



THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINS THAT FELL EARLIER

THIS EVENING WILL INCREASE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT.



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

ALTUDA...MARATHON...FORT STOCKTON...AND BELDING.



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.



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

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

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



LAT...LON 3059 10346 3068 10337 3080 10350 3087 10345

      3133 10302 3122 10272 3040 10318 2999 10332

      2971 10370 2999 10374 3039 10374

TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 180DEG 0KT 3081 10324



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