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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 022053

FFWMAF

NMC015-TXC109-022345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

250 PM MDT WED MAY 2 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

  CULBERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 545 PM MDT(645 PM CDT)



* AT 245 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING

  IN LITTLE MCKITTRICK CANYON ARROYO.  ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING WAS

  REPORTED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARLSBAD ALONG DARK CANYON DRAW.



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

  CITY...SEVEN RIVERS...QUEEN...OTIS...MALAGA...LOVING...LOCO

  HILLS...LAKEWOOD...COTTONWOOD...DAYTON...CARLSBAD NORTH...

  CARLSBAD...AVALON...ATOKA...ARTESIA AND PINE SPRINGS



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHICH 

WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING OVER EDDY AND CULBERSON

COUNTIES.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF ARROYOS AND DRAWS...ROADS

AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS MAY TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES

IN STEEP TERRAIN. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3254 10381 3253 10372 3202 10372 3200 10403

      3111 10411 3068 10491 3200 10492 3202 10483

      3296 10481 3298 10380



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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 022053

FFWMAF

NMC015-TXC109-022345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

250 PM MDT WED MAY 2 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

  CULBERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 545 PM MDT(645 PM CDT)



* AT 245 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING

  IN LITTLE MCKITTRICK CANYON ARROYO.  ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING WAS

  REPORTED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARLSBAD ALONG DARK CANYON DRAW.



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

  CITY...SEVEN RIVERS...QUEEN...OTIS...MALAGA...LOVING...LOCO

  HILLS...LAKEWOOD...COTTONWOOD...DAYTON...CARLSBAD NORTH...

  CARLSBAD...AVALON...ATOKA...ARTESIA AND PINE SPRINGS



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHICH 

WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING OVER EDDY AND CULBERSON

COUNTIES.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF ARROYOS AND DRAWS...ROADS

AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS MAY TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES

IN STEEP TERRAIN. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3254 10381 3253 10372 3202 10372 3200 10403

      3111 10411 3068 10491 3200 10492 3202 10483

      3296 10481 3298 10380



$$

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