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WGUS74 KMAF 250101

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

755 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



NMC025-250105-

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LEA-

655 PM MDT FRI AUG 24 2007



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR EAST CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...



AT 655 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

THE HEAVY RAIN THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF

THE WARNED AREA. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAD REPORTED ONLY MINOR 

STREET FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS THE CITY. RESIDENTS OF HOBBS SHOULD 

AVOID NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS...INCLUDING THE INTERSECTION OF 

GRIMES AND JOE HARVEY STREETS. 



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 3297 10306 3257 10306 3269 10334 3291 10322

TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 180DEG 0KT 3267 10318



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