

000 

WGUS74 KMAF 101939

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

239 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008



TXC371-102300-

/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0048.000000T0000Z-080910T2300Z/

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

PECOS-

239 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR EAST

CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY...



AT 206 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FARM 

TO MARKET ROAD 305 CLOSED WITH TWO FEET OF WATER RUNNING OVER

THE ROAD FROM THE PECOS RIVER SOUTH TO U.S. HIGHWAY 90. IN 

ADDITION FARM TO MARKET ROAD 2886 IS CLOSED AT INTERSTATE 10 

DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROADWAY IN A 2 MILE SECTION JUST SOUTH 

OF INTERSTATE 10. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL

FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GIRVIN



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 3068 10243 3110 10244 3091 10193 3068 10191



$$

