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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

531 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008



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GAINES-LEA-

531 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT/630 PM

MDT/ FOR EAST CENTRAL LEA AND WESTERN GAINES COUNTIES...



AT 520 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS FROM HOBBS REPORTED 

WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN HOBBS FROM THE STORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH 

EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON. MANY CARS ARE STALLED IN HIGH WATER AND 

VEHICLE ACCIDENTS ARE OCCURRING BECAUSE OF THE HIGH WATER. THE HEAVY 

RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF HOBBS AND HOBBS CAN EXPECT THE BREAK IN HEAVY 

RAIN TO LAST SEVERAL HOURS. 



NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM GAINES COUNTY BUT 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN WEST GAINES COUNTY FROM THE STATE LINE AT 62/180 NORTH TO 

NEAR AND JUST EAST OF HIGGINBOTHAM. FLOODING OF LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS IS LIKELY IN THIS AREA. HEAVY RAIN IS SPREADING EAST AND 

NORTH TOWARD HIGHWAY 214. 



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. 



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW 

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

TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3294 10323 3295 10265 3263 10271 3254 10302

      3243 10331



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