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NMZ029-033-034-060255-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

520 PM CDT SUN MAY 5 2002



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

   LEA COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM MDT...



THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS LEA COUNTY HAVE PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AND

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS BETWEEN 3 PM AND 4 PM MDT.  PRECIPITATION

ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATE RAINFALL OF UP TO ONE INCH ACROSS

CENTRAL LEA COUNTY.  FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND NORMALLY DRY

ARROYOS IS POSSIBLE.  HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS LEA

COUNTY LATER THIS EVENING...INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING OF

LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND ARROYOS.



RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THIS AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF

THE EVENING WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT.  BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT

NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.

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