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WGUS44 KMAF 251249
FLWMAF
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
749 AM CDT WED OCT 25 2023
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA TX HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...
INDEPENDENCE CREEK AT INDEPENDENCE CREEK NEAR SHEFFIELD, TEXAS
AFFECTING TERRELL COUNTY.
FOR THE PECOS RIVER...INCLUDING INDEPENDENCE CREEK NEAR SHEFFIELD,
TEXAS...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 800 PM CDT.
TXC443-260100-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FL.W.0008.231025T1249Z-231026T0823Z/
/SFIT2.1.ER.231025T1139Z.231025T1800Z.231025T2022Z.NO/
749 AM CDT WED OCT 25 2023
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO LATE TONIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...INDEPENDENCE CREEK AT INDEPENDENCE CREEK NEAR SHEFFIELD,
TEXAS.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, INDEPENDENCE CREEK THREATENS THE U. S.
HIGHWAY 285 BRIDGE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:15 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 14.0
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...NO AVAILABLE FLOOD HISTORY.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS (FEET):
FLD OBSERVED WED WED THU THU
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME 1PM 7PM 1AM 7AM
INDEPENDENCE CREEK
INDEPENDENCE CREEK N 11.0 10.7 WED 7AM 14.0 6.4 6.0 5.7
LAT...LON 3049 10254 3089 10252 3071 10204 3050 10165
3029 10167
DAVID HENNIG
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