FLOOD ADVISORY: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED AN * URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... EASTERN ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 642 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR ODESSA SCHLEMEYER FIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER PARTS OF WEST ODESSA AND ODESSA...WITH ALMOST 1 INCH OF RAINFALL FALLING IN THESE AREAS OVER THE PAST HOUR. ROADS THAT HAVE POOR DRAINAGE OR FLOOD EASILY SHOULD BE AVOIDED AS WATER WILL COLLECT QUICKLY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT MIDLAND...CREATING SIMILAR MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING MINOR FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... WARFIELD... GARDENDALE... MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL... MIDLAND... MIDLAND AIRPARK... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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.
Posted on: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 23:58:06 +0000