Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Mar 29, 2007, 1:04 AM CDT (06:04 UTC)

Expired

Mar 29, 2007, 5:00 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Dawson County, TX

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KMAF 290608
FFWMAF
TXC115-291000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
104 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT

* AT 1258 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS THE COUNTY.
  AT 1255 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR HAD ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES
  OF OVER 2 INCHES PER HOUR ALONG HIGHWAY 87 IN LAMESA AND NORTH
  OF LAMESA...AND ALONG HIGHWAY 180. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WELCH...
  PRIDE...GRANDVIEW...LAMESA...KEY..WELCH

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL
FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.

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.

MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS
DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED
ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO 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 3254 10219 3254 10172 3293 10170 3293 10218

$$

000 
WGUS74 KMAF 290640
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
135 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2007

TXC115-291000-
DAWSON-
135 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR
DAWSON COUNTY...

AT 125 AM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED WATER UP
TO 6 INCHES OVER THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 87 ON THE NORTH PORTION
OF THE TOWN OF LAMESA NEAR THE WAL MART. IN ADDITION LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROADWAY ON BRYANT STREET NEAR THE PARK 
ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF LAMESA. 

AT 115 AM CDT DOPPLER RADAR HAD ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF OVER
AN INCH PER HOUR SINCE 1015 PM CDT LAST EVENING ALONG HIGHWAY 180
THROUGH THE COUNTY AND ALONG HIGHWAY 87 NORTH OF LAMESA TO THE 
COUNTY LINE.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WELCH...
PUNKIN CENTER...SAND...HANCOCK...LAMESA...KEY...GRANDVIEW AND ARVANA

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

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO.

LAT...LON 3254 10219 3254 10172 3293 10170 3293 10218

$$

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