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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

614 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2005



NMC015-050130-

EDDY-

514 PM MDT SUN SEP 4 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR 

SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY...



AT 507 PM MDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 2 FEET OF WATER 

FLOWING OVER LOW SPOTS ALONG OLD CAVERN HIGHWAY...ALSO KNOWN AS 

COUNTY ROAD 748...ABOUT 8 TO 13 MILES SOUTH OF CARLSBAD. WATER WAS 

ALSO REPORTED OVER THE ROADWAY IN LOW SPOTS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 

OLD CAVERN HIGHWAY AND BLACK RIVER ROAD...ALSO KNOWN AS COUNTY ROAD 

720.



AT 507 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

DETECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN EDDY 

COUNTY. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE 

FLOOD THREAT.



PERSONS TRAVELING ALONG LOCAL ROADS BETWEEN WHITES CITY AND 

MALAGA...AND SOUTH OF CARLSBAD SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR FLASH 

FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS NEAR STREAMS AND CREEKS.



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.



LAT...LON 3201 10409 3230 10395 3229 10436 3201 10444



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