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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1150 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005



NMC015-200645-

EDDY-

1055 PM MDT FRI AUG 19 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM MDT FOR

SOUTH CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY...



AT 1050 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED

TO INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS EDDY

COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTH OF 

WHITES CITY...OR NEAR CARLSBAD AIRPORT...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.



THESE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE ACROSS ALREADY 

RAIN-SOAKED AND SATURATED AREAS FOR EARLIER HEAVY RAINS THIS

EVENING. LOW LYING AREAS AS WELL AS POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND

ARROYOS WILL BE PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING INTO THE EARLY MORNING

HOURS. 



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. 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 3202 10452 3201 10429 3228 10417 3239 10446



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