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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

730 AM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



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EDDY-

630 AM MDT TUE MAY 8 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM MDT FOR EDDY

COUNTY...



AT 628 AM MDT...LOCAL REPORTS FROM ARTESIA INDICATE STREET FLOODING

WAS OCCURRING WITH WATER UP TO ONE FEET DEEP ON SOME CITY STREETS.

THIS STORM THAT CAUSED THE FLOODING WAS NOW LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST 

OF ATOKA...OR 8 MILES EAST OF ARTESIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED.



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING

LOCATIONS...ATOKA...COTTONWOOD 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.



LAT...LON 3252 10481 3250 10483 3201 10483 3203 10390

      3251 10381 3296 10381 3295 10481



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