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WGUS74 KMAF 172255

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

555 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009



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PECOS-REEVES-JEFF DAVIS-

555 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR

EASTERN JEFF DAVIS...SOUTH CENTRAL REEVES AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL

PECOS COUNTIES...



AT 553 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING FROM SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE 

MOVED THROUGH THE AREA. PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT AS 

MUCH AS 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF JEFF DAVIS 

COUNTY AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE 

REMAINDER OF THE EVENING AS NEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TOYAVALE...

SARAGOSA AND BALMORHEA.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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LAT...LON 3102 10412 3112 10350 3061 10352 3050 10394



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