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WGUS74 KMAF 290132

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

832 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008



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ECTOR-

832 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT FOR ECTOR

COUNTY...



AT 829 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

THE HEAVY RAIN THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND

NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF CAUSING FLASH FLOODING.



ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS PASSED...PONDING OF 

WATER WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON SOME ROADWAYS...INCLUDING FARM TO 

MARKET ROAD 1936. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN CAUTIOUS AND BE PREPARED 

TO SLOW DOWN IF WATER IS ENCOUNTERED TO PREVENT HYDROPLANING AND 

LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.



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.



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

TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 180DEG 0KT 3173 10258



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