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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

149 AM CDT SUN SEP 18 2005



NMC025-180830-

LEA-

1249 AM MDT SUN SEP 18 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM MDT FOR

SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY...



AT 1240 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A 

LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL FROM SOUTH OF 

HOBBS...TO NEAR EUNICE...TO WEST OF JAL. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING 

NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN SINCE SATURDAY EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF LEA 

COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOOD POTENTIAL. 

RUNOFF WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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...CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST 

OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3262 10371 3225 10368 3253 10317 3277 10316



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