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WGUS74 KMAF 282347

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

647 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008



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CRANE-UPTON-

647 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR UPTON

AND EASTERN CRANE COUNTIES...



AT 643 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED OVER 1 FOOT 

OF WATER FLOWING ACROSS SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN THE CITY OF 

CRANE. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA 

AS STORMS NEARLY STATIONARY. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MIDKIFF



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.



LAT...LON 3113 10242 3122 10243 3127 10253 3165 10249

      3165 10177 3109 10178 3110 10238

TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 180DEG 0KT 3145 10211



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