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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1148 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2008



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BORDEN-

1148 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR

BORDEN COUNTY...



AT 1137 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

DETECT FLASH FLOODING THROUGHOUT BORDEN COUNTY.  WHILE STORMS HAVE MOVED

OUT OF THE AREA...FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 

HOUR OR SO. RAINFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE AREA OF NEAR 4 INCHES HAS 

BEEN ESTIMATED BY RADAR AND SATELLITE. ANY FURTHER RAINFALL TONIGHT 

WILL LIKELY LEAD TO REOCCURRING FLASH FLOODING OF STREETS...LOW 

WATER CROSSINGS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. 



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.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT

WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR WEST TEXAS.



LAT...LON 3253 10118 3253 10169 3295 10168 3295 10118

TIME...MOT...LOC 0442Z 234DEG 16KT 3291 10109



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