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WGUS54 KMAF 100545

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NMC025-100830-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1140 PM MDT SUN MAY 9 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 230 AM MDT



* AT 1125 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL 

  MAIN ROADS FLOODED IN LOVINGTON. IN ADDITION THE COUNTY ROAD 

  DEPARTMENT HAD CLOSED STATE HIGHWAY 132 AND STATE HIGHWAY 133 EAST OF

  LOVINGTON NEAR THE COUNTY LINE. AT 1140 PM MDT DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAD CONTINUED

  ACROSS EXTREME EAST CENTRAL LEA COUNTY FROM 2 MILES EAST OF MCDONALD

  TO HOBBS. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL RATES HAD SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISHED... 

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLASH FLOODING. 



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

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

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



LAT...LON 3262 10356 3256 10318 3281 10309 3295 10311

          3326 10309 3335 10336



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