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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

844 PM CDT SAT JUL 21 2007



NMC015-220630-

EDDY-

744 PM MDT SAT JUL 21 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM MDT FOR EDDY

COUNTY...



AT 743 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED HIGHWAY 137

IMPASSABLE...WITH 4 TO 5 FEET OF WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD...

6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 137 AND HIGHWAY 285.  

IN ADDITION ROCKY ARROYO IS REPORTED TO BE FLOWING WITH 5 TO 6 FEET

OF WATER 12 MILES WEST...SOUTHWEST OF LAKEWOOD. ROCKY ARROYO 

WILL CONTINUE TO FLOOD HIGHWAY 137 SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 137 AND 

THE HIGHWAY 285 INTERSECTION.



AT 740 PM MDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL 

HAD CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN EDDY COUNTY. THIS ADDITIONAL

RAINFALL WILL INCREASE THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL ACROSS THE COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOPE...

QUEEN...WHITES CITY...CARLSBAD...LAKEWOOD...SEVEN RIVERS. 



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.



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

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

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



LAT...LON 3291 10478 3293 10456 3295 10382 3249 10381

      3249 10372 3204 10374 3207 10480

TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 180DEG 0KT 3276 10413



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