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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1252 AM CDT SAT MAY 28 2005



NMC015-280815-

EDDY-

1152 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 215 AM MDT FOR EDDY

COUNTY...



AT 1148 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

CONTINUING ALONG NEW MEXICO ROUTE 31.  NEW MEXICO ROUTE 31 WAS IN 

THE PROCESS OF BEING CLOSED AT APPROXIMATELY 1145 PM MDT...AND 

MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO TRAVEL ALONG THIS HIGHWAY DUE TO THE 

FLOODING.  



VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN EDDY COUNTY 

JUST SOUTH OF NEW MEXICO ROUTE 128.  



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN

AROUND... DONT DROWN.



TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3201 10484 3201 10372 3252 10371 3252 10381

      3296 10381 3295 10482



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