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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1218 AM MDT MON SEP 27 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 AM MDT FOR LEA COUNTY...



AT 1208 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A 

BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS EXTENDING FROM NEAR 

MCDONALD...TO HOBBS. ANOTHER BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS 

WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY...BETWEEN JAL AND HOBBS AROUND 

1230 AM MDT. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY 

RAINFALL THAT OCCURED MUCH OF THE DAY SUNDAY WILL AGGRAVATE THE 

FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED ONE LANE BARRICADED ON 

HIGHWAY 82 IN LOVINGTON DUE TO FLOODING. MANY LOCAL ROADS ARE STILL 

REPORTED FLOODED IN LEA COUNTY.   



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.



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. 

MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3204 10367 3204 10313 3273 10310 3353 10308 3354 10372     

      3275 10372



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