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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

703 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005



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LEA-

603 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR NORTHERN LEA

COUNTY...



AT 601 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS

LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAPROCK...OR ABOUT 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF

TATUM...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 2 1/2 INCHES

IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE ALREADY FALLEN 4 MILES NORTH OF CAPROCK.



THOUGH THE GREATEST FLOODING POTENTIAL IS ALONG AND NORTH OF

HIGHWAY 380... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ALONG THE

WESTERN LEA COUNTY LINE FROM 12 MILES NORTH OF CAPROCK TO MALJAMAR.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.



ADDITIONAL WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM AN INCH OVER CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...

INCLUDING MALJAMAR TO NEARLY TWO INCHES OVER THE NORTHERN PARTS OF LEA

COUNTY... ALONG HIGHWAY 380... WEST OF TATUM.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING

INCLUDE...TATUM...MCDONALD AND GLADIOLA. STREET FLOODING CAN ALSO BE

EXPECTED IN THE MALJAMAR AREA.



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 3357 10370 3339 10371 3339 10375 3297 10375

      3297 10380 3284 10380 3285 10306 3356 10304



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