000 
FPUS74 KMAF 061802
NOWMAF

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
101 PM CDT SAT JUL 6 2002

TXZ046>048-051>053-063-070-062000-
BORDEN-DAWSON-GLASSCOCK-HOWARD-MARTIN-MITCHELL-REAGAN-SCURRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIG LAKE...BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...
GAIL...GARDEN CITY...LAMESA...SNYDER...STANTON
101 PM CDT SAT JUL 6 2002

.NOW...
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WESTERN
LOW ROLLING PLAINS AND NORTHEAST PERMIAN BASIN THROUGH 3 PM.  VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS...WHICH WILL PRODUCE
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.  MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT
TO ENCOUNTER BLINDING DOWNPOURS.  AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/4 TO
1/2 INCH...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 1 1/2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS SCURRY COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS
EXPECTED AS FAR WEST AS A LAMESA TO BIG LAKE LINE DURING THIS TIME.

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NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045-050-062000-
ANDREWS-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-GAINES-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDREWS...CARLSBAD/ARTESIA...EUNICE/JAL...
HOBBS/LOVINGTON...SEMINOLE...TATUM
101 PM CDT (1201 PM MDT) SAT JUL 6 2002

.NOW...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY THROUGH 300 PM CDT.  EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAINS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS OVER 50 MPH...AND HAIL FROM THESE
STORMS.  LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BECOME FLOODED DUE TO
THE SLOW THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT AND RAINFALL RATES UP TO TWO INCHES
PER HOUR.  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED ACROSS LEA
AND EDDY COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON.

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NMZ027-TXZ057-058-074-075-079>081-258-062000-
BIG BEND AREA-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CULBERSON COUNTY-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-MARFA PLATEAU-PECOS-
PRESIDIO VALLEY-REEVES COUNTY/UPPER TRANS PECOS-
VAN HORN AND HWY 54 CORRIDOR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALPINE/FT. DAVIS...FT. STOCKTON...MARFA...
PANTHER JUNCTION...PECOS/BALMORHEA...PINE SPRINGS...PRESIDIO...
QUEEN...VAN HORN
101 PM CDT (1201 PM MDT) SAT JUL 6 2002

.NOW...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD IN
FROM THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS SOUTH THROUGH THE BIG BEND THROUGH 300
PM CDT.  SOME OF THE STORMS WILL STRENGTHEN ENOUGH TO PRODUCE
RAINFALL RATES UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...
HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OVER 50 MPH.  DUE TO THE SLOW OF THE STORMS...
LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BECOME FLOODED. MOTORISTS
SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND WATER
OVER ROADS IN LOW LYING AREAS.

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AKL