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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

904 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2008



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DAWSON-

904 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR

DAWSON COUNTY...



AT 854 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

DETECT A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW

THAT AROUND 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF DAWSON

COUNTY. A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS 

THE COUNTY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND DROP AT LEAST ANOTHER INCH OF 

RAINFALL OVER THE SAME RAIN SOAKED AREAS. FLOODING OF STREETS...LOW 

WATER CROSSINGS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS IS EXPECTED. 



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING

LOCATIONS...LAMESA...ARVANA...KEY...UNION...FRIENDSHIP...TENMILE...

KLONDIKE...PATRICIA AND SPARENBERG.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.



LAT...LON 3295 10219 3295 10169 3253 10170 3253 10219

TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 000DEG 3KT 3270 10195



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