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WGUS74 KMAF 170119

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

810 PM CDT WED AUG 16 2006



NMC015-170145-

EDDY-

710 PM MDT WED AUG 16 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR

WESTERN EDDY COUNTY...



AT 705 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OTIS...OR NEAR

CARLSBAD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



PUBLIC REPORTS ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 15 MINUTES 

CAUSING 6 INCHES OF WATER ACCUMULATING IN SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS IN 

DOWNTOWN CARLSBAD. A SPOTTER REPORTED 8 TO 12 INCHES OF FLOWING 

WATER ON THE TRUCK BY PASS BETWEEN U.S. HIGHWAY 285 AND LEE STREET 

IN CARLSBAD. ANOTHER SPOTTER REPORT INDICATES 12 INCHES OF WATER AT 

THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 285 AND U.S. HIGHWAY 62 AND 180.



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT 

AREAS ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE PECOS RIVER IN EDDY COUNTY.



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. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN AROUND... DONT

DROWN.



LAT...LON 3293 10476 3204 10479 3206 10408 3293 10407



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000 

WGUS74 KMAF 170119

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

810 PM CDT WED AUG 16 2006



NMC015-170145-

EDDY-

710 PM MDT WED AUG 16 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR

WESTERN EDDY COUNTY...



AT 705 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OTIS...OR NEAR

CARLSBAD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



PUBLIC REPORTS ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 15 MINUTES 

CAUSING 6 INCHES OF WATER ACCUMULATING IN SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS IN 

DOWNTOWN CARLSBAD. A SPOTTER REPORTED 8 TO 12 INCHES OF FLOWING 

WATER ON THE TRUCK BY PASS BETWEEN U.S. HIGHWAY 285 AND LEE STREET 

IN CARLSBAD. ANOTHER SPOTTER REPORT INDICATES 12 INCHES OF WATER AT 

THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 285 AND U.S. HIGHWAY 62 AND 180.



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT 

AREAS ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE PECOS RIVER IN EDDY COUNTY.



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. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN AROUND... DONT

DROWN.



LAT...LON 3293 10476 3204 10479 3206 10408 3293 10407



$$

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