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WGUS54 KMAF 032233

FFWMAF

NMC025-TXC165-040130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

330 PM MST SAT APR 3 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

  LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 630 PM MST(730 PM CST)



* AT 325 PM MST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGHWAY

  18 CLOSED FROM EUNICE TO HOBBS DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. AT 330 PM

  MST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE

  SOUTHERN HALF OF LEA AND WESTERN GAINES COUNTIES. THESE

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE

  FAIRVIEW COMMUNITY...SEMINOLE...PAYNES CORNER...OIL CENTER...

  NADINE...MONUMENT...MCDONALD...LOVINGTON...KNOWLES...HUMBLE CITY...

  HOBBS...HIGGINBOTHAM...EUNICE...BUCKEYE AND TATUM.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS...AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS...AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND

PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF

UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



TO REPORT FLOODING...CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST

OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 5 9 7 3 2 2 0.



LAT...LON 3206 10369 3206 10310 3231 10307 3267 10310

          3255 10307 3257 10295 3256 10246 3273 10244

          3285 10256 3297 10310 3348 10333 3339 10367



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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 032233

FFWMAF

NMC025-TXC165-040130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

330 PM MST SAT APR 3 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

  LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 630 PM MST(730 PM CST)



* AT 325 PM MST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGHWAY

  18 CLOSED FROM EUNICE TO HOBBS DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. AT 330 PM

  MST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE

  SOUTHERN HALF OF LEA AND WESTERN GAINES COUNTIES. THESE

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE

  FAIRVIEW COMMUNITY...SEMINOLE...PAYNES CORNER...OIL CENTER...

  NADINE...MONUMENT...MCDONALD...LOVINGTON...KNOWLES...HUMBLE CITY...

  HOBBS...HIGGINBOTHAM...EUNICE...BUCKEYE AND TATUM.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS...AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS...AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND

PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF

UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



TO REPORT FLOODING...CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST

OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 5 9 7 3 2 2 0.



LAT...LON 3206 10369 3206 10310 3231 10307 3267 10310

          3255 10307 3257 10295 3256 10246 3273 10244

          3285 10256 3297 10310 3348 10333 3339 10367



$$

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