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NMZ029-033-190200-



ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

639 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2001



...ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL

LEA COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM...



AT 635 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL

LEA COUNTY...GENERALLY ALONG A LINE FROM HALFWAY...NORTH THROUGH

MALJAMAR...TO CAPROCK.  MOVEMENT OF THIS ACTIVITY IS TO THE NORTH AT

5 TO 10 MPH.  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS

FALLEN ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF LEA COUNTY...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO

2 INCHES OF RAINFALL MAY BE POSSIBLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...BAR DITCHES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND

NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS.  MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG U.S. 380

BETWEEN CAPROCK AND TATUM...ALONG STATE 457 FROM U.S. 380 TO U.S.

82...AND U.S. 82 FROM LOVINGTON TO MALJAMAR SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION.



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.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOU LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION

STATION...OR YOUR CABLE OR SATELLITE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE

LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.



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