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WGUS74 KMAF 021025

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

521 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007



NMC015-021200-

EDDY-

421 AM MDT WED MAY 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM MDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY...



AT 419 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 

OVER THE WARNED AREA. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF OVER ONE INCH PER

HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 6 AM MDT.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SEVEN 

RIVERS...HOPE...LOCO HILLS...LAKEWOOD...CARLSBAD...AVALON...

COTTONWOOD...DAYTON...ATOKA AND ARTESIA



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3223 10483 3224 10430 3227 10410 3255 10399

      3296 10398 3295 10481



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000 

WGUS74 KMAF 021025

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

521 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007



NMC015-021200-

EDDY-

421 AM MDT WED MAY 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM MDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY...



AT 419 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 

OVER THE WARNED AREA. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF OVER ONE INCH PER

HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 6 AM MDT.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SEVEN 

RIVERS...HOPE...LOCO HILLS...LAKEWOOD...CARLSBAD...AVALON...

COTTONWOOD...DAYTON...ATOKA AND ARTESIA



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3223 10483 3224 10430 3227 10410 3255 10399

      3296 10398 3295 10481



$$

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