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NMZ029-033-034-260500-



URBAN...SMALL STREAM...AND ARROYO FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

840 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2001



...URBAN...SMALL STREAM...AND ARROYO FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 1100 PM

   MDT FOR LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO...



HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER MUCH OF LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO...

WITH SOME RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE.  REPORTS

FROM THE HOBBS AREA INDICATE WATER OVER MANY OF THE ROADS WITHIN THE

CITY.  DUE TO THE MOVEMENT OF THIS ACTIVITY THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL

WILL OCCUR OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY.



THE LATEST RADAR TRENDS INDICATED MORE RAINFALL WILL AFFECT THIS AREA

THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING HOURS.  DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT

OF THIS ACTIVITY AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL BEING GENERATED...NORMALLY

DRY STREAMS AND ARROYOS WILL BECOME INUNDATED.  PONDING OF WATER ON

ROADS AND IN LOW WATER CROSSING WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS THIS

EVENING.



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.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION

STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS.



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MARTIN

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