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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

840 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2005



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LEA-

740 PM MDT SAT AUG 20 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR

SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY...



AT 736 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING ON ALL ROADS THROUGH THE CITY OF HOBBS.  A LARGE 

PRECIPITATION SHIELD COVERS MOST OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL LEA COUNTY 

AT THIS TIME.  THIS PRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR CONTINUED 

FLOODING AS THIS AREA HAS SEEN COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL OVER THE 

PAST SEVERAL DAYS.  AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE HOBBS... EUNICE... AND 

HALFWAY.  THE GENERAL MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS ARE TO THE NORTH AT 

15 MPH.



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.



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

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



LAT...LON 3293 10377 3263 10380 3258 10372 3201 10370

      3201 10307 3298 10307



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