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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

929 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007



NMC015-240445-

EDDY-

829 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007



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

COUNTY...



AT 824 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN CARLSBAD.  SPOTTERS

REPORT WATER 1 FOOT DEEP IN CITY STREETS IN CARLSBAD.  ILLINOIS CAMP ROAD

IS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOVING...OR 9 MILES 

SOUTHEAST OF CARLSBAD...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING

LOCATIONS...OTIS...LOVING...CARLSBAD...CARLSBAD NORTH...AVALON AND

LOCO HILLS.



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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