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NMZ029-033-310200-



ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

518 PM MDT THU AUG 30 2001



...ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM MDT FOR

   NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...



HEAVY RAIN FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HAS FALLEN OVER NORTHERN

LEA COUNTY.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES ONE TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR

HAS BEEN NOTED JUST EAST OF LOVINGTON ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 83.  OTHER

AREAS OF NORTHERN LEA COUNTY HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN...

INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF TATUM AND MCDONALD.



LATEST RADAR AND SATELLITE TRENDS INDICATES MORE RAINFALL WILL AFFECT

PARTS OF LEA COUNTY THIS EVENING...AND POSSIBLY THE CITY OF HOBBS.

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED.  DUE TO THE

SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS ACTIVITY AND THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...LOW

LYING ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY STREAMS WILL BECOME FLOODED.  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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RSB

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