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NMZ033-034-160300-



ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

649 PM CDT SAT SEP 15 2001



...AN ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT

   FOR SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM MDT...



THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST

ACROSS LEA COUNTY THIS EVENING.  RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE RAINFALL

AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF AN AREA BETWEEN

OIL CENTER...MONUMENT...AND HALFWAY.  THERE IS A RISK FOR FLOODING

OF ROADWAYS...ARROYOS...AND DRAWS IN THIS AREA...ESPECIALLY HIGHWAY

8 BETWEEN MONUMENT AND OIL CENTER.  THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED

TO SHIFT SOUTH OF A EUNICE TO HALFWAY LINE BETWEEN 600 AND 700 PM

MDT.



MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING THROUGH

SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY AS LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE FLOODED.  DO NOT

DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



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