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NMC025-261500-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

733 AM MDT SUN SEP 26 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 AM MDT FOR LEA COUNTY...



AT 700 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

ALONG HIGHWAY 483...6-8 MILES SOUTH OF LOVINGTON AND ALSO ALONG 

HIGHWAY 8...8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOBBS.  A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES OVER LEA COUNTY...WITH WIDESPREAD RADAR 

RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH PER HOUR BEING INDICATED 

OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF LEA COUNTY. 



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...UNDERPASSES...LOW 

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

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3204 10373 3201 10308 3349 10307 3340 10367



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