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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

842 PM MDT TUE OCT 5 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT FOR LEA

COUNTY...



AT 838 PM MDT...NEW MEXICO STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS 

REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ON STATE HIGHWAY 206 FOUR TO FIVE MILES 

NORTH OF TATUM...AND ON STATE HIGHWAY 125 APPROXIMATELY FOUR MILES 

EAST OF TATUM.  RUNNING WATER WAS CROSSING THE ROAD IN THESE AREAS.  

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL AND 

SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY BETWEEN 845 PM MDT AND 1000 PM MDT WHICH WILL 

LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.  MOTORISTS AND RESIDENTS FROM 

LOVINGTON SOUTH TO JAL CAN EXPECT TO EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING.  



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.

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 3356 10305 3201 10307 3202 10371 3252 10369

      3253 10380 3277 10380 3297 10379 3298 10373

      3339 10374 3341 10370 3357 10370



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