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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

405 PM MDT SUN SEP 26 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL LEA

COUNTY...



AT 356 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH 

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.  AT 350 PM MDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER 

REPORTED STREET FLOODING ACROSS MAIN STREET IN HOBBS.  STANDING 

WATER...WITH DEPTHS AS MUCH AS ONE AND A HALF FEET WERE REPORTED 

ACROSS SOME LOW LYING AREAS.  THIS IS A SERIOUS 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. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN

AROUND... DONT DROWN.



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

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



LAT...LON 3204 10360 3204 10313 3339 10319 3327 10354



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