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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

558 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2005



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LEA-

458 PM MDT WED OCT 5 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR EAST

CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...



AT 453 PM MDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED FLASH FLOODING 

FROM A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS ON AND NEAR STATE HIGHWAY 18 IN 

NADINE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF HOBBS.  STORMS REMAIN IN A LINE 

FROM 1 MILE SOUTH OF HOBBS TO 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF JAL AND ARE 

MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT 15 MPH.



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 3232 10343 3232 10307 3291 10306 3291 10343



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