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WGUS74 KMAF 240151

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

850 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007



NMC015-240445-

EDDY-

750 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM MDT FOR EDDY

COUNTY...



AT 746 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IN CARLSBAD.  THIS STORM WAS 

LOCATED OVER CARLSBAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  REPORTS

INDICATE CURB TO CURB FLOODING IN CARLSBAD. 



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

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

ROADS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY

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



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING

FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO.



LAT...LON 3203 10482 3203 10385 3294 10382 3294 10478



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