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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

932 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008



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JEFF DAVIS-

932 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR

EASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY...



AT 921 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED INDICATE THAT AS MUCH AS 3 TO 4 INCHES HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA. SPECIFIC ROADWAYS IMPACTED BY 

THIS FLOODING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HIGHWAY 

3078...INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN THE INTERSTATE 20 JUNCTION AND 

SARAGOSA...AND HIGHWAY 17. CHERRY CREEK...CANYON CREEK...AND THE 

TOYAH CREEK WATERSHEDS WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY THIS HEAVY RAINFALL. 



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.



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 3090 10449 3110 10411 3075 10358 3049 10386



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