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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

800 PM MST (900 PM CST) SAT APR 3 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM MST(1015 PM CST)

   FOR WESTERN GAINES AND LEA COUNTIES...



AT 735 PM MST OR 835 PM CST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN GAINES 

COUNTY 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 STILL REPORTED CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.



AT 735 PM MST OR 835 CST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN LEA COUNTY

NEW MEXICO REPORTED MOST ROADS CLOSED FROM EUNICE TO HOBBS CLOSED...

INCLUDING HIGHWAY 18...HIGHWAY 176...AND HIGHWAY 8. 

 

AT 755 PM MST OR 855 PM CST DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE

VERY SLOW MOVING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 

ACROSS WESTERN GAINES AND IN LEA COUNTY. 



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. 



LAT...LON 3206 10372 3206 10315 3232 10316 3241 10316

          3252 10319 3261 10308 3256 10286 3259 10262

          3291 10262 3295 10313 3313 10314 3346 10315

          3353 10368



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