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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

628 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008



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PECOS-

628 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008



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

CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY...



AT 613 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MODERATE RAINFALL OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS 

COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THIS ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO WEAKEN WHILE MOVING EAST 

AT 15 MPH...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COMBINED WITH RUNOFF FROM 

EARLIER HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A FLASH FLOOD THREAT. 



THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING 

LOCATIONS...U.S. HIGHWAY 385...SOUTHERN PECOS 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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3082 10297 3068 10272 3022 10279 3050 10319

TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 300DEG 12KT 3040 10283



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