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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

554 PM CDT THU OCT 4 2007



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DAWSON-

554 PM CDT THU OCT 4 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR

SOUTHERN DAWSON COUNTY...



AT 545 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED WATER THREE INCHES 

DEEP COVERING HIGHWAY 349 IN THE COMMUNITY OF PATRICIA.



AT 546 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

DETECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF 

SOUTHERN DAWSON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF PATRICIA...

SPARENBERG...AND ACKERLY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN DAWSON COUNTY.



FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... 

PATRICIA...FRIENDSHIP...TENMILE...SPARENBERG...MIDWAY AND KEY.

STATE HIGHWAYS 137 AND 349 IN SOUTHERN DAWSON COUNTY. 



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO CAUSE FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG 

THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



LAT...LON 3261 10208 3268 10209 3271 10191 3283 10170

      3253 10170 3252 10214

TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 240DEG 3KT 3256 10193



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