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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1030 AM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



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LEA-

930 AM MDT TUE MAY 8 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM MDT FOR LEA

COUNTY...



AT 926 AM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM 

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IN HOBBS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOBBS... 

TATUM...MCDONALD...LOVINGTON...KNOWLES...HUMBLE CITY...GLADIOLA... 

CROSSROADS AND BUCKEYE.



MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS

DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED

ROADS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY

CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3204 10367 3205 10310 3352 10308 3350 10363



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