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WGUS74 KMAF 200013

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX


708 PM CDT SAT AUG 19 2006





NMC015-200145-


EDDY-


608 PM MDT SAT AUG 19 2006





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


CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY...





AT 530 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING 


SOUTH OF ARTESIA NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 206 AND 


ILLINOIS ROAD WHERE ONE FOOT OF WATER WAS ACROSS THE ROADWAY.  


MODERATE RAIN IS STILL OCCURING IN THE AREA AND RUNOFF IS EXPECTED 


TO CONTINUE THROUGH 730 PM MDT.





RAIN IS DECREASING ACROSS EDDY COUNTY...BUT OTHER RURAL AREAS 10 TO 


15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ARTESIA ARE LIKELY FLOODED.





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.





LAT...LON 3204 10452 3209 10383 3294 10389 3294 10465





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