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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

609 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005



NMC015-170130-

EDDY-

509 PM MDT THU JUN 16 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR EASTERN EDDY

COUNTY...



AT 506 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED UP TO A FOOT AND 

A HALF OF WATER ON CR 34 FROM BRANTLEY LAKE TO NEAR CARLSBAD.  THIS 

STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF OTIS...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF 

CARLSBAD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING

INCLUDE...CARLSBAD...LOVING AND MALAGA.



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 3272 10425 3243 10446 3202 10401 3222 10375

      3264 10383



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