Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

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WGUS74 KMAF 040835
FFSMAF
TXC389-041015-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
335 AM CDT SUN APR 4 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR REEVES COUNTY UNTIL 515 AM 
CDT...

AT 300 AM CDT...THE REEVES COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT A 
DIKE NEAR TOYAH HAD FAILED...AND MAJOR FLOODING WAS OCCURING IN THE 
COMMUNITY OF TOYAH.  WATER UP TO WAIST DEEP HAS BEEN REPORTED IN 
SOME HOMES.  IN ADDTITION...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUE TO REPORT 
THAT SEVERAL FARM TO MARKET ROADS INCLUDING FM 869 AND FM 2903 HAVE 
BEEN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.  

RADAR AND SATELLITE ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN 
TOTALING UP TO 8 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER A SMALL AREA OF WESTERN 
REEVES COUNTY...WITH UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER A WIDER AREA 
FROM THE WESTERN CORNER OF REEVES COUNTY EAST TO TEXAS ROUTE 17 
BETWEEN INTERSTATE 10 AND INTERSTATE 20. 

MIDLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 
MOVE OVER THE REEVES COUNTY AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  THESE 
THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR 
IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS.  THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE 
CURRENT SITUATION IN REEVES COUNTY.  

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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WGUS74 KMAF 041000
FFSMAF
TXC389-041155-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
400 AM CDT SUN APR 4 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR REEVES COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM CDT...

THE REEVES COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE EARLIER REPORTED THAT MAJOR FLOODING 
OCCURED IN THE COMMUNITY OF TOYAH.  WATER UP TO WAIST DEEP HAD BEEN 
REPORTED IN SOME HOMES.  LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT SEVERAL 
FARM TO MARKET ROADS INCLUDING FM 869 AND FM 2903 HAVE BEEN CLOSED 
DUE TO FLOODING.  

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR REEVES COUNTY.  MIDLAND 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP 
AND MOVE ACROSS REEVES COUNTY AREA LATER THIS MORNING.  SOME OF THESE 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...WITH RAINFALL 
RATES EXCEEDING INCH PER HOUR.  SHOULD ADDITIONAL RAINS AGGRAVATE THE 
SITUATION IN REEVES COUNTY...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE REISSUED 
FOR REEVES COUNTY. 

ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT 
IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

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