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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

526 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



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LEA-

426 PM MDT FRI AUG 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR EAST

CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...



AT 420 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD 

STREET FLOODING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE CITY OF HOBBS. 

THE INTERSECTION OF GRIMES AND JOE HARVEY STREETS WAS FLOODED WITH 1 

FOOT OF WATER. STALLED CARS WERE ALSO REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTION 

OF JOE HARVEY AND NEW MEXICO STATE HIGHWAY 18. 



AT 424 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER EAST CENTRAL LEA 

COUNTY...INCLUDING HOBBS. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE EAST 

AROUND 10 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR HAD ESTIMATED UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAD FALLEN JUST NORTH OF HOBBS ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 132 AND 18. AN 

ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 PM MDT.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

HOBBS...STATE HIGHWAYS 132 AND 18 AND U.S. HIGHWAY 62 180.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3297 10306 3257 10306 3269 10334 3291 10322

TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 180DEG 0KT 3267 10318



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