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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

537 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008



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TERRELL-

537 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR

TERRELL COUNTY...



AT 528 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED 

THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHWESTWARD AROUND 30 MPH OVER EASTERN AND 

CENTRAL TERRELL COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED 1 TO 2 

INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE FALLEN OVER US HIGHWAY 90 SINCE 2 AM CDT... 

20 MILES EAST OF DRYDEN. THESE AREAS WILL RECEIVE ANOTHER 1 TO 2 

INCHES OF RAINFALL THROUGH 7 AM CDT AS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MOVES 

INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY FROM MEXICO. SIMILAR 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER OTHER PORTIONS OF TERRELL COUNTY 

AS THIS BAND GRADUALLY SHIFTS WESTWARD.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SANDERSON



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



LAT...LON 2981 10209 2991 10233 3008 10255 3026 10256

      3027 10235 3058 10236 3060 10196 3006 10178

      2981 10177 2984 10199



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