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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

644 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008



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ECTOR-

644 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR ECTOR

COUNTY...



AT 605 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED 6 INCHES OF FLOWING WATER AT THE

INTERSECTION OF 16TH STREET AND FARM TO MARKET ROAD 1936.



AT 631 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN 

PORTION OF ECTOR COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 2 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL ECTOR COUNTY. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OVER 

THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST 

ODESSA...ODESSA...PENWELL.



DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY IN STORM RUNOFF. CULVERTS...DITCHES...

STORM DRAINS... SWOLLEN CREEKS AND ALL OTHER AREAS WHERE RAPID WATER

FLOW IS OBSERVED ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. CHILDREN CAN BE EASILY

SWEPT AWAY AND DROWN IN MOMENTS. STORM RUNOFF CAN ALSO CONTAIN

DANGEROUS CHEMICALS THAT MAY BE HARMFUL IF CONTACTED OR SWALLOWED.



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. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN AROUND... DONT

DROWN.



LAT...LON 3208 10279 3208 10229 3166 10230 3166 10279

TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 180DEG 0KT 3173 10258



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