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WGUS74 KMAF 022337

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

637 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2008



TXC109-243-030015-

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CULBERSON-JEFF DAVIS-

637 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR NORTH

CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS AND SOUTHEASTERN CULBERSON COUNTIES...



THROUGH 715 PM CDT...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH OUT OF 

THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS WILL MOVE OVER AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS 

SATURDAY AFTERNOON. FLASH FLOODING OF ARROYOS AS WELL AS BAR DITCHES 

AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS ON TEXAS 118 OVER NORTHERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY 

IS POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG TEXAS 118 FROM FORT DAVIS 

MAY ENCOUNTER FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS.



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 3111 10436 3116 10410 3093 10409 3087 10422



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