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000 

WGUS74 KMAF 151635

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1130 AM CDT TUE AUG 15 2006



NMC015-151700-

EDDY-

1030 AM MDT TUE AUG 15 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM MDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY...



AT 1024 AM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT HEAVY RAIN 

WAS FALLING ON U.S. HIGHWAY 82 WEST OF HOPE.  IN ADDITION... 

ARMSTRONG ROAD...2 MILES SOUTH OF HOPE WAS INUNDATED WITH 5 FEET OF 

WATER AND IS IMPASSABLE.  FLOODING ON U.S. HIGHWAY 82 HAS CLEARED... 

THE ROAD IS NOW JUST WET.  LOCAL DRAWS AND ARROYOS CONTINUE TO BE AT

BANKFULL...SOME OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS...ESPECIALLY AT LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS.  



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COTTONWOOD...

DAYTON...ATOKA...HOPE AND ARTESIA



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.  SIX INCHES OF FLOWING WATER OR TWO FEET OF STANDING WATER 

IS ENOUGH TO FLOAT A CAR...CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL.  MOST 

FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE.  TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.  



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY 

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

MIDLAND.



LAT...LON 3297 10482 3210 10484 3259 10425 3297 10427



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000 

WGUS74 KMAF 151635

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1130 AM CDT TUE AUG 15 2006



NMC015-151700-

EDDY-

1030 AM MDT TUE AUG 15 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM MDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY...



AT 1024 AM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT HEAVY RAIN 

WAS FALLING ON U.S. HIGHWAY 82 WEST OF HOPE.  IN ADDITION... 

ARMSTRONG ROAD...2 MILES SOUTH OF HOPE WAS INUNDATED WITH 5 FEET OF 

WATER AND IS IMPASSABLE.  FLOODING ON U.S. HIGHWAY 82 HAS CLEARED... 

THE ROAD IS NOW JUST WET.  LOCAL DRAWS AND ARROYOS CONTINUE TO BE AT

BANKFULL...SOME OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS...ESPECIALLY AT LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS.  



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COTTONWOOD...

DAYTON...ATOKA...HOPE AND ARTESIA



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.  SIX INCHES OF FLOWING WATER OR TWO FEET OF STANDING WATER 

IS ENOUGH TO FLOAT A CAR...CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL.  MOST 

FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE.  TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.  



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY 

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

MIDLAND.



LAT...LON 3297 10482 3210 10484 3259 10425 3297 10427



$$

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