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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

204 AM MDT MON MAY 10 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 AM MDT FOR CENTRAL LEA 

COUNTY...



AT 145 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT U.S. 

HIGHWAY 82 WAS STILL FLOODED BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 181 AND 184. STATE 

HIGHWAYS 132 AND 133 NEAR KNOWLES ALSO REMAINS CLOSED DUE TO 

FLOODING. ALSO...SEVERAL CITY STREETS WERE STILL FLOODED IN 

LOVINGTON...ESPECIALLY ON MAIN STREET BETWEEN JEFFERSON AND CENTRAL. 



ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINS HAVE COME TO AN END ACROSS 

THE WARNED AREA...RAPID RUNOFF WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER 

HOUR. FLOODING OF ARROYOES...CREEKS...DRAWS...AND OTHER LOW LYING 

AREAS MAY BE ONGOING AS WELL.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO 

HIGHER GROUND. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY.



LAT...LON 3306 10335 3285 10345 3265 10306 3295 10306



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