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WGUS74 KMAF 040808

FFSMAF

NMZ029-033-034-TXZ045-050-040900-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

305 AM CDT SUN APR 4 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ANDREWS...GAINES AND LEA

COUNTIES UNTIL 500 AM CDT (400 AM MDT)...



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT SEVERAL AREA ROADS HAVE BEEN

CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.  RADAR AND SATELLITE ESTIMATES INDICATE

THAT AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN TOTALING 3 TO 6 INCHES EXTEND FROM

HIGHWAY 18 BETWEEN EUNICE AND HOBBS NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS

NORTHWESTERN ANDREWS COUNTY INTO WESTERN GAINES COUNTY.



MIDLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING

OVER EASTERN EDDY AND WESTERN LEA COUNTIES.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS

ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE

PRODUCING RAIN RATE OVER ONE INCH PER HOUR...ADDING TO THE

EARLIER HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE AREA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



$$

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000 

WGUS74 KMAF 040808

FFSMAF

NMZ029-033-034-TXZ045-050-040900-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

305 AM CDT SUN APR 4 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ANDREWS...GAINES AND LEA

COUNTIES UNTIL 500 AM CDT (400 AM MDT)...



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT SEVERAL AREA ROADS HAVE BEEN

CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.  RADAR AND SATELLITE ESTIMATES INDICATE

THAT AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN TOTALING 3 TO 6 INCHES EXTEND FROM

HIGHWAY 18 BETWEEN EUNICE AND HOBBS NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS

NORTHWESTERN ANDREWS COUNTY INTO WESTERN GAINES COUNTY.



MIDLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING

OVER EASTERN EDDY AND WESTERN LEA COUNTIES.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS

ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE

PRODUCING RAIN RATE OVER ONE INCH PER HOUR...ADDING TO THE

EARLIER HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE AREA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



$$

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