Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

May 15, 2005, 8:45 AM CDT (13:45 UTC)

Expired

May 15, 2005, 11:30 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ector County, TX

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS54 KMAF 151346
FFWMAF
TXC135-151630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
845 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT

* AT 844 AM CDT...ECTOR COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING ACROSS
  PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF ODESSA.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR
  CONTINUED TO SHOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG INTERSTATE 20
  FROM ODESSA SOUTHWESTWARD TO THE ECTOR COUNTY LINE...AND ALSO
  BETWEEN ODESSA AND NOTREES.  MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ODESSA...

FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN MANY OF THE FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN 
ODESSA.  FLOODING IS ONGOING ALONG DIXIE STREET BETWEEN 42ND AND 
UNIVERSITY STREETS...FROM 2ND STREET STREET TO ELLIOTT AND KELLY 
ROADS...ALONG PUEBLO STREET NEAR 8TH STREET...ALONG MUSKINGUM 
ROAD...AND IN NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF ODESSA IN THE 
PENBROOK AND EVERGLADE AREAS.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM ONGOING 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY ENHANCE FLOOD POTENTIAL THROUGH THE 
REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING.

MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE...AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS
DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED
ROADS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY
AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.

TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3205 10274 3169 10273 3168 10232 3206 10231

$$

000 
WGUS74 KMAF 151529
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1026 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 2005

TXC135-151630-
ECTOR-
1026 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR ECTOR
COUNTY...

AT 1025 AM CDT...ECTOR COUNTY OFFICIALS INDICATED THAT FLOODING WAS 
CONTINUING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF ODESSA...INCLUDING AT THE 
UNDERPASS LOCATED AT 2ND AND GRANT STREETS...AND ALONG MUSKINGUM AND 
DIXIE STREETS.  

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ALSO DETECTED DEVELOPING 
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN OVER 
WINKLER COUNTY THAT ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO ECTOR COUNTY BY 11 AM 
CDT.

WITH CONTINUED RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS THUNDERSTORMS...AND ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS ECTOR COUNTY LATER THIS 
MORNING...THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING STILL EXISTS ACROSS THE 
COUNTY AND THE CITY OF ODESSA.   

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. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN
AROUND... DONT DROWN.

TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3205 10274 3169 10273 3168 10232 3206 10231

$$

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