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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

543 PM MST SAT APR 3 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM MST (730 PM CST) FOR 

   WESTERN GAINES AND LEA COUNTIES...



AT 535 PM MST OR 635 PM CST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN GAINES 

COUNTY HAVE REPORTED HIGHWAY 214 CLOSED FROM DENVER CITY TO SEMINOLE.

IN ADDITION HIGHWAY 62/180 FROM THE STATE LINE TO 9 MILES WEST

OF SEMINOLE WAS REPORTED CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.



AT 535 PM MST OR 635 PM CST THE LEA COUNTY SHERIFF HAS REPORTED 

HIGHWAY 18 CLOSED FROM HOBBS TO EUNICE.

 

AT 635 PM CST OR 535 PM MST DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE

VERY SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS 

WESTERN GAINES AND IN LEA COUNTY FROM EUNICE TO MCDONALD.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS 

HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. 



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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