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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

700 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



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LEA-

600 PM MDT FRI AUG 24 2007



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

CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...



AT 530 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED STREET 

FLOODING CONTINUED ACROSS THE CITY OF HOBBS. THE INTERSECTION OF 

SANGER AND COLEMAN STREETS WAS FLOODED WITH 2 TO 3 FEET OF WATER. 



AT 558 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTH OF THE CITY 

OF HOBBS. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 

CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT ACROSS THE CITY OF HOBBS. THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL NOW AFFECT NADINE AND STATE HIGHWAY 18 SOUTH 

OF HOBBS. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES 

PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY AS IT MOVES TO THE 

SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

HOBBS...NADINE...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 UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW

INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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

TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 180DEG 0KT 3267 10318



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