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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

857 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008



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BREWSTER-JEFF DAVIS-

857 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS AND NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTIES...



AT 849 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH INCREASED 

POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS HAVE 

MOVED EAST OF ALPINE...HOWEVER THE PUBLIC REPORTS SOME CREEKS AND 

STREAMS ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. ALSO FLOODING ALONG AND NEAR HIGHWAY 

67 NORTHEAST OF ALPINE IS POSSIBLE. THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST 

RAIN ARE BETWEEN HIGHWAY 67 AND 385 AND NEAR MARATHON.



ALSO OF CONCERN IS THE POTENTIAL FOR STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN NORTH 

JEFF DAVIS COUNTY TO MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE ALPINE AREA BY 1030 PM. 

IF THIS OCCURS THE FLASH FLOODING WARNING WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE 

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS 

THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING 

AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG 

STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE 

AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR 

WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3056 10379 3075 10359 3029 10294 2985 10344

      2985 10377



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