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WGUS74 KMAF 112351

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

646 PM CDT TUE JUL 11 2006



NMC015-120230-

EDDY NM-

546 PM MDT TUE JUL 11 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR EDDY

COUNTY...



AT 545 PM MDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM 

CONTINUING TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. THIS SPOTTER REPORTED TWO 

AND A QUARTER INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTES IN 

LAKEWOOD...RESULTING IN TWO FEET OF STANDING WATER.  THIS STORM WAS 

LOCATED NEAR AVALON...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CARLSBAD...MOVING 

SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.  



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING 

LOCATIONS...LAKEWOOD...SEVEN RIVERS...AVALON...CARLSBAD 

NORTH...CARLSBAD...OTIS AND LOVING.



MOTORISTS ALONG US HIGHWAY 285 WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF LAKEWOOD SHOULD 

REMAIN ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. 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. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.







LAT...LON 3280 10428 3238 10473 3201 10449 3227 10401

      3269 10382



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