Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Apr 29, 2007, 5:32 PM CDT (22:32 UTC)

Expired

Apr 29, 2007, 9:30 PM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Pecos County, TX

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS54 KMAF 292233
FFWMAF
TXC371-300230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
532 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 527 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELDING...
  OR  14 MILES WEST OF FORT STOCKTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE
  THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS
  THAN AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE INTO EASTERN
  PECOS COUNTY WHERE SOME LOCATIONS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED MORE THAN
  6 INCHES OF RAIN.

* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
  LOCATIONS...
  FORT STOCKTON...
  BAKERSFIELD...
  IRAAN...

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

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.

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

LAT...LON 3076 10360 3137 10300 3126 10282 3132 10266
      3121 10244 3107 10239 3099 10219 3098 10197
      3091 10188 3067 10176 3067 10214 3061 10216
      3061 10237 3042 10237 3053 10326

$$

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000 
WGUS74 KMAF 300028
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
727 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

TXC371-300230-
PECOS-
727 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PECOS
COUNTY...

AT 723 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GIRVIN TO 17 MILES SOUTH OF
BELDING...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES WEST OF MCCAMEY TO
25 MILES SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

AT 720 PM CDT...TV MEDIA REPORTED 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN FLOWING
OVER SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 385 IN FORT STOCKTON. FLOODING CAN
BE EXPECTED ACROSS FORT STOCKTON ON SECONDARY ROADS.

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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3076 10360 3137 10300 3126 10282 3132 10266
      3121 10244 3107 10239 3099 10219 3098 10197
      3091 10188 3067 10176 3067 10214 3061 10216
      3061 10237 3042 10237 3053 10326

$$

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