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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

457 AM MDT SUN SEP 3 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 900 AM MDT



* AT 451 AM MDT...THE EDDY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED 2 FEET OF 

FLOWING WATER OVER EDDY COUNTY ROAD 401 NORTHWEST OF CARLSBAD.  

THEY...ALONG WITH TRAINED SPOTTERS...ALSO REPORTED THAT ROCKY ARROYO 

IS FULL AT THIS TIME AND CONTINUES TO FLOW TOWARDS STATE HIGHWAY 

137...WHICH COULD CAUSE LOW PORTIONS OF THE ROAD TO BE IMPASSABLE 

VERY SOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY OVER 

THIS SAME AREA SO FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY REMAIN AND ELEVATED 

CONCERN THROUGHOUT THE WARNED AREA FOR SEVERAL HOURS.  



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. 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 3227 10478 3217 10419 3246 10402 3273 10456



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