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WGUS74 KMAF 180040

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

738 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2007



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PECOS-BREWSTER-

738 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2007



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN

BREWSTER AND WESTERN PECOS COUNTIES...



AT 738 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

THE HEAVY RAIN THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND

NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF CAUSING FLASH FLOODING.



ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS PASSED...PONDING OF

WATER AND AREAS OF HIGH WATER IN LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL LIKELY 

CONTINUE ON SOME ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN CAUTIOUS AND 

BE PREPARED TO SLOW DOWN IF WATER IS ENCOUNTERED TO PREVENT 

HYDROPLANING AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.



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.



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 0038Z 180DEG 0KT 3081 10324



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