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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

512 PM CDT SUN AUG 20 2006



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EDDY-

412 PM MDT SUN AUG 20 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR EDDY

COUNTY...



AT 405 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS 

PORTIONS OF EDDY COUNTY. HOWEVER THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING EARLIER HAS DISSIPATED. STILL RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 

TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ALONG HIGHWAY 31 EAST OF CARLSBAD AND 

FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING IS STILL LIKELY IN THAT AREA. 



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.



LAT...LON 3206 10457 3206 10375 3294 10386 3293 10478



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