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WGUS54 KMAF 081825

FFWMAF

NMC025-082230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1223 PM MDT TUE MAY 8 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 430 PM MDT



* AT 1218 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED

  TO MONITOR MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL FALLING IN LEA COUNTY.  A 

  BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST

  THROUGH THE ENTIRE COUNTY AT 25 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A 

  FLASH FLOOD PROBLEM THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE

FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

  NADINE...

  MONUMENT...

  HOBBS...

  HUMBLE CITY...

  KNOWLES...

  CROSSROADS...

  JAL...

  EUNICE...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL

FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED 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. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN 

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

ON FLOODED ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER

TO QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. 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 3201 10370 3201 10307 3354 10306 3355 10369

      3298 10374 3296 10379 3255 10379 3254 10369



$$





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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 081825

FFWMAF

NMC025-082230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1223 PM MDT TUE MAY 8 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 430 PM MDT



* AT 1218 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED

  TO MONITOR MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL FALLING IN LEA COUNTY.  A 

  BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST

  THROUGH THE ENTIRE COUNTY AT 25 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A 

  FLASH FLOOD PROBLEM THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE

FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

  NADINE...

  MONUMENT...

  HOBBS...

  HUMBLE CITY...

  KNOWLES...

  CROSSROADS...

  JAL...

  EUNICE...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL

FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED 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. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN 

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

ON FLOODED ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER

TO QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. 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 3201 10370 3201 10307 3354 10306 3355 10369

      3298 10374 3296 10379 3255 10379 3254 10369



$$





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