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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1220 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2008



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PECOS-TERRELL-

1220 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR

TERRELL AND SOUTHEASTERN PECOS COUNTIES...



AT 1155 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH 

FLOODING WAS CONTINUING IN THE COMMUNITY OF SHEFFIELD...WHERE 

SEVERAL MOTORISTS WERE STILL REPORTED TO BE STRANDED IN HIGH WATERS. 



AT 1210 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED 

TO DETECT A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 

JUST NORTH OF SANDERSON...TO NEAR THE TERRELL GAS PLANT...TO NEAR

SHEFFIELD. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS NORTHERN TERRELL 

COUNTY ALONG FARM TO MARKET ROAD 2400 AND STATE HIGHWAY 349. THIS 

PRECIPITATION IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN PECOS COUNTY 

AND TERRELL COUNTY...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF 

IRAAN AND SHEFFIELD...AS WELL STATE HIGHWAY 349 AND FM 2400 IN 

TERRELL COUNTY. 



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 3047 10167 3043 10172 3034 10164 3033 10172

      3028 10175 2979 10175 2983 10221 3016 10269

      3101 10210 3099 10198 3093 10188 3071 10180

      3067 10175 3065 10168 3057 10163



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