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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

929 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008



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HOWARD-GLASSCOCK-

929 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN GLASSCOCK AND SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTIES...



AT 920 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN GLASSCOCK COUNTY

REPORTED FLOODING ONGOING 3 MILES NORTH OF GARDEN CITY ALONG FARM

TO MARKET ROAD 33. THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN HOWARD COUNTY REPORTED

FLOODING ALONG FARM TO MARKET 821 BETWEEN FORSAN AND COAHOMA.



AT 920 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL FLOODING

IS LIKELY.  



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3239 10143 3239 10122 3220 10118 3210 10119

      3210 10127 3194 10128 3180 10128 3189 10161

TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 180DEG 0KT 3230 10132



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