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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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