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2007 [KMAF] MIDLAND/ODESSA Flash Flood (FF) Warning (W) Number 161

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WGUS54 KMAF 020628
FFWMAF
TXC003-135-021030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
128 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ANDREWS COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
  EASTERN ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 530 AM CDT

* AT 123 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
  RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL
  RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM ODESSA AND WEST ODESSA...TO GARDENDALE...
  TO NEAR ANDREWS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST
  AND SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 5 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 3 INCHES 
  OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. THESE VERY HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY CAUSE 
  FLASH FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS...DRAWS...CREEKS...STREAMS...
  AND CITY STREETS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
  ODESSA...WEST ODESSA...GOLDSMITH...GARDENDALE...U.S. HIGHWAY 385
  AND FARM TO MARKET ROAD 1788.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE 
POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING 
WATER TO QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS A 
FLOODED ROADWAY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. WATER TO QUICKLY
CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 3229 10263 3230 10221 3208 10221 3209 10229
      3176 10230 3176 10236 3175 10264
TIME...MOT...LOC 0628Z 180DEG 0KT 3191 10238

$$
000 
WGUS74 KMAF 020730
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
230 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2007

TXC003-135-021030-
ANDREWS-ECTOR-
230 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR
EASTERN ECTOR AND SOUTHEASTERN ANDREWS COUNTIES...

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

AT 210 AM CDT...THE ODESSA POLICE DEPARTEMENT REPORTED FLASH 
FLOODING AND HIGH WATER RESCUES OCCURRING AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF 
DIXIE AND 36TH STREET...DIXIE AND 52ND STREET...DIXIE AND 
UNIVERSITY...AND ESMUND AND 52ND.

AT 224 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
DETECT A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR 
NOTREES AND GOLDSMITH...TO WEST ODESSA AND ODESSA...SOUTHWARD TO 
NEAR PLEASANT FARMS. OTHER SHOWERS AND STORMS EXTENDED FROM FLOREY 
TO ANDREWS. MOVEMENT IS TO THE SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

TRAVEL IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED THIS MORNING AS IT WILL TAKE HOURS FOR 
THE WATER TO RECEDE.

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 3229 10263 3230 10221 3208 10221 3209 10229
      3176 10230 3176 10236 3175 10264
TIME...MOT...LOC 0725Z 180DEG 0KT 3191 10238

$$
000 
WGUS74 KMAF 020841
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
341 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2007

TXC003-135-021030-
ANDREWS-ECTOR-
341 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR
EASTERN ECTOR AND SOUTHEASTERN ANDREWS COUNTIES...

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

SEVERAL REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING AND HIGH WATER RESCUES HAVE BEEN 
RECEIVED IN THE CITY OF ODESSA EARLY THIS MORNING. MULTIPLE CARS 
HAVE BEEN STALLED AT JON BEN SHEPPARD AND 42ND STREET. HIGH WATER 
RESCUES HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT 31ST AND DIXIE...36TH AND DIXIE...52ND 
AND DIXIE...AND 52ND AND ESMUND.

AT 335 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 
DETECT SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN 
ANDREWS AND EASTERN ECTOR COUNTIES. WHILE MOST OF THE HEAVIER RAIN 
HAS SHIFTED SOUTH...ONGOING FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR 
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO AVOID ROADS EARLY THIS 
MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN ANDREWS AND EASTERN ECTOR COUNTIES IF AT 
ALL POSSIBLE. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR FLOOD WATERS TO RECEDE. 

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.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW
INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MIDLAND.

LAT...LON 3229 10263 3230 10221 3208 10221 3209 10229
      3176 10230 3176 10236 3175 10264
TIME...MOT...LOC 0836Z 180DEG 0KT 3191 10238

$$
Permalink to 200708020628-KMAF-WGUS54-FFWMAF
000 
WGUS54 KMAF 020628
FFWMAF
TXC003-135-021030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
128 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ANDREWS COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
  EASTERN ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 530 AM CDT

* AT 123 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
  RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL
  RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM ODESSA AND WEST ODESSA...TO GARDENDALE...
  TO NEAR ANDREWS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST
  AND SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 5 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 3 INCHES 
  OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. THESE VERY HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY CAUSE 
  FLASH FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS...DRAWS...CREEKS...STREAMS...
  AND CITY STREETS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
  ODESSA...WEST ODESSA...GOLDSMITH...GARDENDALE...U.S. HIGHWAY 385
  AND FARM TO MARKET ROAD 1788.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE 
POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING 
WATER TO QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS A 
FLOODED ROADWAY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. WATER TO QUICKLY
CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 3229 10263 3230 10221 3208 10221 3209 10229
      3176 10230 3176 10236 3175 10264
TIME...MOT...LOC 0628Z 180DEG 0KT 3191 10238

$$
Permalink to 200708020730-KMAF-WGUS74-FFSMAF
000 
WGUS74 KMAF 020730
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
230 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2007

TXC003-135-021030-
ANDREWS-ECTOR-
230 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR
EASTERN ECTOR AND SOUTHEASTERN ANDREWS COUNTIES...

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

AT 210 AM CDT...THE ODESSA POLICE DEPARTEMENT REPORTED FLASH 
FLOODING AND HIGH WATER RESCUES OCCURRING AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF 
DIXIE AND 36TH STREET...DIXIE AND 52ND STREET...DIXIE AND 
UNIVERSITY...AND ESMUND AND 52ND.

AT 224 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
DETECT A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR 
NOTREES AND GOLDSMITH...TO WEST ODESSA AND ODESSA...SOUTHWARD TO 
NEAR PLEASANT FARMS. OTHER SHOWERS AND STORMS EXTENDED FROM FLOREY 
TO ANDREWS. MOVEMENT IS TO THE SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

TRAVEL IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED THIS MORNING AS IT WILL TAKE HOURS FOR 
THE WATER TO RECEDE.

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 3229 10263 3230 10221 3208 10221 3209 10229
      3176 10230 3176 10236 3175 10264
TIME...MOT...LOC 0725Z 180DEG 0KT 3191 10238

$$
Permalink to 200708020841-KMAF-WGUS74-FFSMAF
000 
WGUS74 KMAF 020841
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
341 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2007

TXC003-135-021030-
ANDREWS-ECTOR-
341 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR
EASTERN ECTOR AND SOUTHEASTERN ANDREWS COUNTIES...

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

SEVERAL REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING AND HIGH WATER RESCUES HAVE BEEN 
RECEIVED IN THE CITY OF ODESSA EARLY THIS MORNING. MULTIPLE CARS 
HAVE BEEN STALLED AT JON BEN SHEPPARD AND 42ND STREET. HIGH WATER 
RESCUES HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT 31ST AND DIXIE...36TH AND DIXIE...52ND 
AND DIXIE...AND 52ND AND ESMUND.

AT 335 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 
DETECT SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN 
ANDREWS AND EASTERN ECTOR COUNTIES. WHILE MOST OF THE HEAVIER RAIN 
HAS SHIFTED SOUTH...ONGOING FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR 
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO AVOID ROADS EARLY THIS 
MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN ANDREWS AND EASTERN ECTOR COUNTIES IF AT 
ALL POSSIBLE. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR FLOOD WATERS TO RECEDE. 

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.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW
INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MIDLAND.

LAT...LON 3229 10263 3230 10221 3208 10221 3209 10229
      3176 10230 3176 10236 3175 10264
TIME...MOT...LOC 0836Z 180DEG 0KT 3191 10238

$$

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