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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1107 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007



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LEA-

1007 PM MDT FRI SEP 7 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM MDT FOR EAST

CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...



AT 1000 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED STREET 

FLOODING ALONG MANY INTERSECTIONS IN THE CITY OF HOBBS. 



AT 1003 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

DETECT A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS

LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF HOBBS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY IN STORM RUNOFF. CULVERTS...DITCHES...

STORM DRAINS... SWOLLEN CREEKS AND ALL OTHER AREAS WHERE RAPID WATER

FLOW IS OBSERVED ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. CHILDREN CAN BE EASILY

SWEPT AWAY AND DROWN IN MOMENTS. STORM RUNOFF CAN ALSO CONTAIN

DANGEROUS CHEMICALS THAT MAY BE HARMFUL IF CONTACTED OR SWALLOWED.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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 3294 10307 3261 10307 3262 10326 3290 10326

TIME...MOT...LOC 0407Z 270DEG 14KT 3274 10298



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