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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

238 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007



NMC015-260930-

EDDY-

138 AM MDT SAT MAY 26 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM MDT FOR NORTHERN

EDDY COUNTY...



AT 136 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL DIMINISHING IN 

INTENSITY AND COVERAGE ACROSS NORTHERN EDDY COUNTY. HOWEVER

FLOODING FROM RAINS EARLIER TONIGHT IS POSSIBLE ALONG AND NEAR

HIGHWAY 82...FROM 5 MILES EAST OF ARTESIA...EAST TO LOCO HILLS...

INCLUDING THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 82 AND STATE HIGHWAY 360.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3295 10428 3295 10390 3276 10390 3269 10434



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