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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

620 AM CDT MON AUG 18 2008



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ECTOR-

620 AM CDT MON AUG 18 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR ECTOR

COUNTY...



AT 609 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A MOTORIST STRANDED 

IN HIGH WATER AT 16TH AND GRANT STREETS IN ODESSA. AT 614 AM CDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY 

RAINFALL MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH MOVING OVER MUCH OF ECTOR COUNTY.

SOME LOCATIONS OVER ECTOR COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED NEARLY AN INCH

OF RAINFALL SINCE 4 AM CDT...ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING WILL BE 

POSSIBLE IN ODESSA...GARDENDALE...GOLDSMITH...PENWELL AND RURAL 

AREAS OF ECTOR COUNTY.   



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS...AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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 3200 10269 3201 10231 3166 10233 3167 10279



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