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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

630 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005



NMC015-170130-

EDDY-

530 PM MDT THU JUN 16 2005



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

COUNTY...



AT 528 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED FLASH

FLOODING 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF CARLSBAD JUST OFF OF U.S. 62/180 WITH 

TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT TIME AND WATER FLOWING INTO A RANCHERS

HOME.  THIS STORM WAS CURRENTLY LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOVING...OR

ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF CARLSBAD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING

INCLUDE...EAST CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY.



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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