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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 200249

FFWMAF

NMC015-025-200545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

749 PM MST SUN MAR 19 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

  EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 1045 PM MST



* AT 739 PM MST...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED RAINFALL 

  OCCURRING AT A RATE OF 4 INCHES AN HOUR AT LAKEWOOD. SIMILAR

  RATES OF RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING OVER A LARGE PART OF EDDY 

  COUNTY...INCLUDING CARLSBAD. STREET FLOODING WAS ALREADY

  OCCURRING IN CARLSBAD.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SEVEN

  RIVERS...LOCO HILLS...LAKEWOOD...ESPUELA...DAYTON...AVALON...ATOKA

  AND ARTESIA



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL

FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS... CREEKS... AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND

PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF

UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3297 10459 3201 10461 3201 10371 3253 10371

      3253 10381 3298 10380



$$



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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 200249

FFWMAF

NMC015-025-200545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

749 PM MST SUN MAR 19 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

  EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 1045 PM MST



* AT 739 PM MST...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED RAINFALL 

  OCCURRING AT A RATE OF 4 INCHES AN HOUR AT LAKEWOOD. SIMILAR

  RATES OF RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING OVER A LARGE PART OF EDDY 

  COUNTY...INCLUDING CARLSBAD. STREET FLOODING WAS ALREADY

  OCCURRING IN CARLSBAD.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SEVEN

  RIVERS...LOCO HILLS...LAKEWOOD...ESPUELA...DAYTON...AVALON...ATOKA

  AND ARTESIA



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL

FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS... CREEKS... AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND

PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF

UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3297 10459 3201 10461 3201 10371 3253 10371

      3253 10381 3298 10380



$$



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