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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1025 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005



NMC015-200615-

EDDY-

925 PM MDT FRI AUG 19 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM MDT FOR

CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY...



AT 923 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS WERE 

LOCATED BETWEEN ARTESIA AND 20 MILES EAST OF LOCO HILLS MOVING NORTH 

AT 10 MPH.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 

INCLUDE...U.S. ROUTE 82 FROM 9 MILES EAST OF ARTESIA TO 20 MILES 

EAST OF LOCO HILLS.



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 3227 10472 3225 10382 3295 10382 3294 10475



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