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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
245 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...MOST OF THE TRANS PECOS REGION...PERMIAN
BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...

.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. IN
ADDITION...THE SOIL IS STILL WET FROM HEAVY RAIN LAST NIGHT AND
LAST THURSDAY...SO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PROMOTE FLASH
FLOODING.

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GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-
DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-
GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-
PECOS-TERRELL-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...TATUM...
HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL...SEMINOLE...LAMESA...SNYDER...
ANDREWS...STANTON...BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...PECOS...
MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...
GARDEN CITY...MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...
ALPINE...FORT STOCKTON...SANDERSON...PINE SPRINGS
245 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2012 /145 PM MDT MON MAY 14 2012/

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT
MDT/ TUESDAY...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND TEXAS...INCLUDING THE
  FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...CENTRAL LEA
  COUNTY...EDDY COUNTY PLAINS...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY
  COUNTY...NORTHERN LEA COUNTY AND SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY. IN
  TEXAS...ANDREWS...BORDEN...CRANE...DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS
  AREA...DAWSON...ECTOR...GAINES...GLASSCOCK...GUADALUPE
  MOUNTAINS...HOWARD...LOVING...MARTIN...MIDLAND...MITCHELL...
  PECOS...REAGAN...REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS...
  SCURRY...TERRELL...UPTON...WARD AND WINKLER.

* UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TUESDAY

* HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...WITH LOCALIZED
  HIGHER AMOUNTS.

* PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO LAST INTO TONIGHT.
  RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF
  ROADS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND URBAN
  AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING.  FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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