Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Apr 3, 2004, 4:30 PM CST (22:30 UTC)

Expired

Apr 3, 2004, 7:30 PM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lea County, NM, Gaines County, TX

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KMAF 032233
FFWMAF
NMC025-TXC165-040130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
330 PM MST SAT APR 3 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS
  LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 630 PM MST(730 PM CST)

* AT 325 PM MST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGHWAY
  18 CLOSED FROM EUNICE TO HOBBS DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. AT 330 PM
  MST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
  SOUTHERN HALF OF LEA AND WESTERN GAINES COUNTIES. THESE
  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE
  FAIRVIEW COMMUNITY...SEMINOLE...PAYNES CORNER...OIL CENTER...
  NADINE...MONUMENT...MCDONALD...LOVINGTON...KNOWLES...HUMBLE CITY...
  HOBBS...HIGGINBOTHAM...EUNICE...BUCKEYE AND TATUM.

FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW
WATER CROSSINGS...AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE
ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS...AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF
UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.

TO REPORT FLOODING...CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 5 9 7 3 2 2 0.

LAT...LON 3206 10369 3206 10310 3231 10307 3267 10310
          3255 10307 3257 10295 3256 10246 3273 10244
          3285 10256 3297 10310 3348 10333 3339 10367

$$

000 
WGUS74 KMAF 040045
FFSMAF
NMC025-TXC165-040130-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
543 PM MST SAT APR 3 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM MST (730 PM CST) FOR 
   WESTERN GAINES AND LEA COUNTIES...

AT 535 PM MST OR 635 PM CST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN GAINES 
COUNTY HAVE REPORTED HIGHWAY 214 CLOSED FROM DENVER CITY TO SEMINOLE.
IN ADDITION HIGHWAY 62/180 FROM THE STATE LINE TO 9 MILES WEST
OF SEMINOLE WAS REPORTED CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.

AT 535 PM MST OR 635 PM CST THE LEA COUNTY SHERIFF HAS REPORTED 
HIGHWAY 18 CLOSED FROM HOBBS TO EUNICE.
 
AT 635 PM CST OR 535 PM MST DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
VERY SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS 
WESTERN GAINES AND IN LEA COUNTY FROM EUNICE TO MCDONALD.

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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS 
HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. 

TO REPORT FLOODING...CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 5 9 7 3 2 2 0.

LAT...LON 3206 10369 3206 10310 3231 10307 3267 10310
          3255 10307 3257 10295 3256 10246 3273 10244
          3285 10256 3297 10310 3348 10333 3339 10367

$$

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