A line of slow moving thunderstorms produced flooding across portions of Lea and Eddy counties during the evening of 6/28/00. While flood waters began to subside in the city of Hobbs before midnight, some locations remained flooded during the early morning of 6/29/00.
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A line of slow moving thunderstorms produced flooding across portions of Lea and Eddy counties during the evening of 6/28/00. While flood waters began to subside in the city of Hobbs before midnight, some locations remained flooded during the early morning of 6/29/00. Flooding along State Highway 207 in Eunice was still ongoing as of 1250 am MST and highways 8 and 42 remained flooded near the town of Monument at this time as well. Best estimates are that flood waters subsided by 4 am MST.
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 183 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:59 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain produced 2-3 feet of standing water in the Lakewood and Seven Rivers area.
Heavy rain produced six inches to one foot of water on streets across the city of Hobbs. Low lying streets had water over the hoods of cars and up to the doors of houses.
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