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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1106 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 2026
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LEA NM-GAINES TX-
1106 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 2026 /1206 AM CDT WED SEP 30 2026/
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM MDT /2 AM CDT/
WEDNESDAY FOR EAST CENTRAL LEA AND WESTERN GAINES COUNTIES...
AT 1106 PM MDT /1206 AM CDT/, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2.5 INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
HOBBS, NADINE, MONUMENT, HIGGINBOTHAM, KNOWLES, PAYNES CORNER,
INDUSTRIAL AIRPARK AND LEA COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3258 10306 3258 10331 3257 10339 3296 10307
3296 10260 3259 10281
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
95
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