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WGUS74 KMAF 260444

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NMZ028-029-033-034-260800-



SMALL STREAM AND ARROYO FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1144 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2001



...SMALL STREAM AND ARROYO FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 200 AM MDT FOR THE

   PLAINS OF EDDY COUNTY AND LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO...



HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER MUCH OF EDDY AND LEA COUNTIES NEW

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

THE LEA COUNTY IS COVERED WITH WATER.  HOWEVER...OTHER ROADS IN

SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY AND EASTERN EDDY COUNTY COULD BECOME INUNDATED.

DUE TO THE MOVEMENT OF THIS ACTIVITY THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR

OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE EDDY AND LEA COUNTIES.



THE LATEST RADAR TRENDS INDICATED MORE RAINFALL WILL AFFECT THIS AREA

THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF OVERNIGHT 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.



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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