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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

921 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008



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GAINES-LEA-

921 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT OR 945 

PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL LEA AND WESTERN GAINES COUNTIES...



AT 915 PM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 8 TO 10 INCHES

OF WATER ON U.S. HIGHWAY 385 JUST NORTH OF SEAGRAVES.



AT 910 PM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED STATE HIGHWAY 83

JUST WEST OF SEAGRAVES HAS BEEN BLOCKED DUE TO HIGH WATER ON THE

ROADWAY. 



AT 859 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS EAST 

CENTRAL LEA AND WESTERN GAINES COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 

TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM JUST EAST OF HOBBS INTO NORTH 

CENTRAL GAINES COUNTY NEAR SEAGRAVES. MOVEMENT OF THIS ACTIVITY IS 

TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. 



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

MIDLAND.



LAT...LON 3294 10325 3295 10267 3256 10267 3257 10325

TIME...MOT...LOC 0203Z 249DEG 15KT 3288 10264



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