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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
212 PM CDT FRI AUG 11 2006

NMZ029-033-034-112000-
CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-
112 PM MDT FRI AUG 11 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR LEA COUNTY.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG 
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS LEA COUNTY. THE STRONGEST 
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF TATUM...NEAR 
TATUM AND MCDONALD...ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF HOBBS...AND ABOUT 10 
MILES WEST OF EUNICE AT 110 PM MDT. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING VERY 
SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY STRONG WINDS 
IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND 
LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.

PEOPLE IN LEA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HOBBS...LOVINGTON AND 
TATUM...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. SEEK SAFE 
SHELTER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR 
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 

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