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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1221 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2006



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EDDY-

1121 AM MDT TUE AUG 15 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM MDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY...



AT 1116 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

ARMSTRONG ROAD SOUTH OF HOPE AND U.S. HIGHWAY 82 HAD BEEN CLOSED AND 

BARRICADED DUE TO FLOODING.  TRAFFIC ALONG THESE ROADS HAS BEEN 

DETOURED.  IN ADDITION...SEVERAL DRILLING RIG CREWS HAD BEEN 

EVACUATED.  



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

COTTONWOOD...HOPE...U.S. HIGHWAY 82 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 

CAN FLOAT A CAR...CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL.  MANY 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 3296 10482 3259 10481 3258 10429 3296 10437



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