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WGUS54 KMAF 221056

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NMC015-221345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

455 AM MDT TUE AUG 22 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 745 AM MDT



* AT 448 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED   

  NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN

  ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING NEAR

  AND JUST EAST OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 

  BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN SINCE 100 AM

  MDT JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF CARLSBAD...NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF

  LOVING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL INCREASE THE FLASH FLOOD

  POTENTIAL IN AND NEAR THE CITY OF CARLSBAD...AND ALONG RURAL

  ROADS IN EASTERN EDDY COUNTY. 

  



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SEVEN

  RIVERS...LOCO HILLS...LAKEWOOD...CARLSBAD...LOVING. PORTIONS

  OF U.S. HIGHWAY 62 180...STATE HIGHWAY 31...AND U.S. HIGHWAY

  285 SOUTH OF CARLSBAD MAY BE FLOODED AS WELL. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS

DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED

ROADS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY

AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.



TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3214 10443 3219 10381 3296 10381 3296 10447



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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 221056

FFWMAF

NMC015-221345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

455 AM MDT TUE AUG 22 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 745 AM MDT



* AT 448 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED   

  NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN

  ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING NEAR

  AND JUST EAST OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 

  BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN SINCE 100 AM

  MDT JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF CARLSBAD...NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF

  LOVING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL INCREASE THE FLASH FLOOD

  POTENTIAL IN AND NEAR THE CITY OF CARLSBAD...AND ALONG RURAL

  ROADS IN EASTERN EDDY COUNTY. 

  



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SEVEN

  RIVERS...LOCO HILLS...LAKEWOOD...CARLSBAD...LOVING. PORTIONS

  OF U.S. HIGHWAY 62 180...STATE HIGHWAY 31...AND U.S. HIGHWAY

  285 SOUTH OF CARLSBAD MAY BE FLOODED AS WELL. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS

DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED

ROADS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY

AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.



TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3214 10443 3219 10381 3296 10381 3296 10447



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