000 FPUS74 KMAF 192153 NOWMAF SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 453 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ258-200000- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 353 PM MDT SUN AUG 19 2007 .NOW... LOOK FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 6 PM MDT. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. $$ TXZ057>059-074-079>081-200000- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU- BIG BEND AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...ALPINE...PRESIDIO...MARFA...BIG BEND NP... MARATHON 453 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007 .NOW... LOOK FOR ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 7 PM CDT. THE MOST PERSISTENT ACTIVITY WILL BE ACROSS INTERSTATE 10 FROM NEAR VAN HORN TO BALMORHEA...AND STATE HIGHWAY 118 NORTH OF MCDONALD OBSERVATORY IN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL EXCEEDING AN INCH PER HOUR AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND AREAS OF HIGH WATER IN LOW WATER CROSSINGS. $$