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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

800 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2008



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REAGAN-

800 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN REAGAN COUNTY...



AT 754 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THAT RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN REAGAN COUNTY...HOWEVER

LOCALIZED FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE DUE TO RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY 

RAINFALL EARLIER THIS EVENING. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

HIGHWAY 137 SOUTH OF BIG LAKE.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY.



LAT...LON 3126 10164 3136 10129 3111 10129 3111 10162



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