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WGUS74 KMAF 102225

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

525 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008



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PECOS-TERRELL-

525 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR

NORTHERN TERRELL AND EAST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES...



AT 518 PM CDT...HEAVY RAIN WAS CONTINUING TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING 

OVER THE WARNED AREA. U S 190 NORTH OF IRAAN HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO 

WATER OVER THE ROADWAY FROM WEST OF THE INTERSECTION WITH STATE 

HIGHWAY 349 TO IRAAN. FM 305 NORTH OF IRAAN IS STILL CLOSED FROM THE 

PECOS RIVER BRIDGE SOUTH TO U S 190. AND LASTLY...FM 2886 WEST OF 

IRAAN HAS BEEN REOPENED...BUT THE ROADWAY IS ROUGH DUE TO PAVEMENT 

WASHOUTS JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO IRAAN



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.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



LAT...LON 3039 10188 3030 10219 3039 10242 3068 10243

      3068 10194 3089 10194 3097 10213 3100 10215

      3099 10198 3092 10186 3070 10179 3067 10175

      3065 10166 3060 10164



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