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Flash Flood Warning
Issued: 11:27 PM May. 4, 2024 – National Weather Service
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR CENTRAL PECOS AND NORTH CENTRAL TERRELL COUNTIES...

At 627 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain have
fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 2 to 3 inches in 1 hour. Rises
are expected on Independence Creek overnight. Flash flooding is
ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
mainly rural areas of Central Pecos and North Central Terrell
Counties

This includes the following streams and drainages...
Big Canyon, Harral Draw, North Fork Independence Creek, Fourmile
Draw, Nineteen Draw, Sixshooter Draw and Independence Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.

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FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED;
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

Tornado Watch
Issued: 7:33 PM May. 4, 2024 – National Weather Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 184 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS

BREWSTER              PECOS                 REEVES
TERRELL

IN WESTERN TEXAS

CRANE                 REAGAN                UPTON
WARD

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALPINE, BIG LAKE, CRANE, DRYDEN,
FORT STOCKTON, MCCAMEY, MONAHANS, PECOS, RANKIN, AND SANDERSON.

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