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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1204 PM MDT SUN APR 4 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LEA COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM 

MDT...



AT 1030 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THE INTERSECTION

OF ROUTE 176 AND STATE ROAD 8 WAS FLOODED.      



AT 1156 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING AT 15 MPH ACROSS SOUTHEAST

AND EAST CENTRAL LEA COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL 

RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WITH THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS...

WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 3 INCHES PER HOUR.  THEREFORE...

ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 18 

FROM JAL TO EUNICE TO HOBBS.   



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR 

LEA COUNTY.  ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE 

FLOODING SITUATION.  



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.



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