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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

701 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



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ECTOR-MIDLAND-

701 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN MIDLAND AND NORTHEASTERN ECTOR COUNTIES...



AT 656 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE 

WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR HAVE BEEN 

REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COTTON 

FLAT...VALLEY VIEW...MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...MIDLAND... 

ODESSA...AND GARDENDALE



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 3207 10244 3207 10195 3179 10195 3179 10244



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