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WGUS74 KMAF 012358

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

649 PM CDT FRI SEP 1 2006



NMC015-020145-

EDDY-

549 PM MDT FRI SEP 1 2006



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

EASTERN EDDY COUNTY...



AT 544 PM MDT...THE EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED FLOODING OVER CENTRAL 

AND NORTHERN CARLSBAD.  A FOOT OF WATER WAS RUNNING OVER THE CURBS 

ON CITY STREETS IN NORTHERN CARLSBAD WITH 1 TO 2 FEET OF WATER OVER 

THE ROADS IN CENTRAL CARLSBAD.  ALSO...A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC 

REPORTED WATER FLOWING ACROSS HIS YARD AND GETTING INTO HIS 

BASEMENT.  ON ROUTE 62/180 AND US 285...THERE ARE MANY PLACES WHERE 

UP TO A FOOT OF WATER WAS CROSSING THE HIGHWAYS.  VERY HEAVY RAIN OF 

2 INCHES OR MORE PER HOUR HAS FALLEN OVER THE CARLSBAD AREA.  



EAST OF CARLSBAD...MOTORISTS ARE PULLING OVER DUE TO THE HEAVY 

RAINFALL AND FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 62/180 AND THE 

RELIEF ROAD.  FARTHER EAST...A FOOT OF WATER WAS FLOWING ACROSS 

ROUTE 62/180 13 MILES EAST OF CARLSBAD.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SEVEN

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

NORTH...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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 3202 10446 3202 10373 3252 10371 3251 10381

      3293 10381 3294 10446



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000 

WGUS74 KMAF 012358

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

649 PM CDT FRI SEP 1 2006



NMC015-020145-

EDDY-

549 PM MDT FRI SEP 1 2006



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

EASTERN EDDY COUNTY...



AT 544 PM MDT...THE EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED FLOODING OVER CENTRAL 

AND NORTHERN CARLSBAD.  A FOOT OF WATER WAS RUNNING OVER THE CURBS 

ON CITY STREETS IN NORTHERN CARLSBAD WITH 1 TO 2 FEET OF WATER OVER 

THE ROADS IN CENTRAL CARLSBAD.  ALSO...A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC 

REPORTED WATER FLOWING ACROSS HIS YARD AND GETTING INTO HIS 

BASEMENT.  ON ROUTE 62/180 AND US 285...THERE ARE MANY PLACES WHERE 

UP TO A FOOT OF WATER WAS CROSSING THE HIGHWAYS.  VERY HEAVY RAIN OF 

2 INCHES OR MORE PER HOUR HAS FALLEN OVER THE CARLSBAD AREA.  



EAST OF CARLSBAD...MOTORISTS ARE PULLING OVER DUE TO THE HEAVY 

RAINFALL AND FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 62/180 AND THE 

RELIEF ROAD.  FARTHER EAST...A FOOT OF WATER WAS FLOWING ACROSS 

ROUTE 62/180 13 MILES EAST OF CARLSBAD.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SEVEN

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

NORTH...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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 3202 10446 3202 10373 3252 10371 3251 10381

      3293 10381 3294 10446



$$

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