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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

556 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007



NMC015-021200-

EDDY-

456 AM MDT WED MAY 2 2007



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

NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY...



AT 450 AM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED 1 TO 2 FEET OF 

WATER RUNNING OVER STATE ROAD 137...FROM HIGHWAY 285 TO 6 MILES 

WEST OF HIGHWAY 285. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 

MOVE OVER THESE AREAS AND AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

COTTONWOOD...LAKEWOOD...CARLSBAD...AVALAON...HOP...ARTESIA AND

LOCO HILLS.  



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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 TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3223 10483 3224 10430 3227 10410 3255 10399

      3296 10398 3295 10481



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