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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

525 AM MDT WED MAY 2 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 930 AM MDT



* AT 524 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL COVERING MUCH OF EDDY 

  COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 

  INDICATED UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN

  EDDY COUNTY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WITH RAINFALL RATES 

  OVER 1 INCH PER HOUR IS LIKELY...WHICH WILL AGGRAVATE 

  FLOODING OVER EDDY COUNTY.    

  

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SEVEN

  RIVERS...LOCO HILLS...LAKEWOOD...COTTONWOOD...DAYTON...CARLSBAD

  NORTH...CARLSBAD...AVALON...ATOKA AND ARTESIA.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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

FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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

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

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

CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. 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 3203 10482 3203 10374 3250 10373 3250 10383

      3294 10383 3293 10480



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