Flash Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1207 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

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GLASSCOCK-MITCHELL-
1207 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR
MITCHELL AND GLASSCOCK COUNTIES...

AT 1201 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES
THAT SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. NO
RECENT REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BUT IS EXPECTED THAT
LOW LYING AREAS ACROSS THESE COUNTIES HAVE WATER RUNNING THROUGH
THEM. THE WARNING WILL CONTINUE AND BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 100 AM
CDT.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE COLORADO
CITY...COLORADO CITY AIRPORT...CHAMPION CREEK RESERVOIR...
WESTBROOK...VALLEY VIEW...LORAINE...CUTHBERT...COLORADO CITY AND
BUFORD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS
DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED
ROADS. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3208 10118 3167 10126 3166 10176 3199 10168
      3207 10156 3207 10125 3209 10118 3252 10116
      3252 10066 3208 10067

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