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WGUS74 KMAF 221151

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

650 AM CDT TUE AUG 22 2006



NMC015-221345-

EDDY-

550 AM MDT TUE AUG 22 2006



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

EASTERN EDDY COUNTY...



AT 524 AM MDT...EDDY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED MODERATE 

FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF LEA AND CANAL STREETS IN CARLSBAD. 



AT 546 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ARTESIA... 

SOUTHWARD TO CARLSBAD...SLOWLY MOVING NORTH AT AROUND 10 MPH. RADAR 

ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN EARLY THIS 

MORNING ACROSS LOCATIONS JUST EAST OF THE CITY OF 

CARLSBAD...INCLUDING AREAS NORTH OF LOVING AND EAST OF OTIS. 

MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON COUNTY ROADS EAST OF CARLSBAD...AND ALONG 

U.S. HIGHWAY 62 180 NORTHEAST OF CARLSBAD SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT 

FOR FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS.



IN ADDITION...SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS 

ALONG THE RIO PENASCO IN NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY HAVE FLOODED 

COUNTY ROADS FROM 6 MILES WEST OF HOPE TO HIGHWAY 285 SOUTH OF 

ARTESIA. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SEVEN 

RIVERS...LOCO HILLS... LAKEWOOD... COTTONWOOD... DAYTON... 

CARLSBAD... AVALON... ATOKA AND ARTESIA



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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.



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



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000 

WGUS74 KMAF 221151

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

650 AM CDT TUE AUG 22 2006



NMC015-221345-

EDDY-

550 AM MDT TUE AUG 22 2006



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

EASTERN EDDY COUNTY...



AT 524 AM MDT...EDDY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED MODERATE 

FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF LEA AND CANAL STREETS IN CARLSBAD. 



AT 546 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ARTESIA... 

SOUTHWARD TO CARLSBAD...SLOWLY MOVING NORTH AT AROUND 10 MPH. RADAR 

ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN EARLY THIS 

MORNING ACROSS LOCATIONS JUST EAST OF THE CITY OF 

CARLSBAD...INCLUDING AREAS NORTH OF LOVING AND EAST OF OTIS. 

MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON COUNTY ROADS EAST OF CARLSBAD...AND ALONG 

U.S. HIGHWAY 62 180 NORTHEAST OF CARLSBAD SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT 

FOR FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS.



IN ADDITION...SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS 

ALONG THE RIO PENASCO IN NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY HAVE FLOODED 

COUNTY ROADS FROM 6 MILES WEST OF HOPE TO HIGHWAY 285 SOUTH OF 

ARTESIA. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SEVEN 

RIVERS...LOCO HILLS... LAKEWOOD... COTTONWOOD... DAYTON... 

CARLSBAD... AVALON... ATOKA AND ARTESIA



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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.



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



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