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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

955 PM MDT TUE OCT 5 2004



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

COUNTY... 



AT 950 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FLASH FLOODING 

IN THE CITY OF HOBBS WITH UP TO 1 1/2 FEET OF WATER OVER SOME OF THE 

CITY STREETS.  THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO DROP VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY...AND THE CITY OF JAL WILL 

LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING BETWEEN 1000 PM AND MIDNIGHT MDT.  



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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