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WGUS74 KMAF 091100

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

600 AM CDT TUE SEP 9 2008



TXC043-091215-

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BREWSTER-

600 AM CDT TUE SEP 9 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM CDT FOR

NORTHERN BREWSTER COUNTY...



AT 551 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

DETECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN BREWSTER COUNTY...

MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. RAINFALL HAS BEEN SLOWLY

DECREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS THESE AREAS OVER THE PAST

HOUR. HOWEVER...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS EARLY THIS 

MORNING MAY STILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND

URBAN AREAS NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF ALPINE. 



ALPINE...U.S. HIGHWAYS 67 AND 90 NEAR ALPINE...AND STATE HIGHWAY 118 

NORTH OF ALPINE WILL BE AREAS MOST PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING.



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 3066 10345 3034 10300 3021 10378 3040 10379



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000 

WGUS74 KMAF 091100

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

600 AM CDT TUE SEP 9 2008



TXC043-091215-

/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0047.000000T0000Z-080909T1215Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BREWSTER-

600 AM CDT TUE SEP 9 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM CDT FOR

NORTHERN BREWSTER COUNTY...



AT 551 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

DETECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN BREWSTER COUNTY...

MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. RAINFALL HAS BEEN SLOWLY

DECREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS THESE AREAS OVER THE PAST

HOUR. HOWEVER...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS EARLY THIS 

MORNING MAY STILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND

URBAN AREAS NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF ALPINE. 



ALPINE...U.S. HIGHWAYS 67 AND 90 NEAR ALPINE...AND STATE HIGHWAY 118 

NORTH OF ALPINE WILL BE AREAS MOST PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING.



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 3066 10345 3034 10300 3021 10378 3040 10379



$$

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