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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

333 AM CDT SUN JUL 22 2007



NMC015-221130-

EDDY-

233 AM MDT SUN JUL 22 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM MDT FOR EDDY

COUNTY...



AT 230 AM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT FLOODING IN 

ROCKY ARROYO HAD DROPPED DOWN TO TWO TO THREE FEET OF WATER 

NORTHWEST OF CARLSBAD.  WHILE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS DIMINISHED 

DOWN TO A FEW ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS...MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED LATER 

THIS MORNING.  



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 3254 10383 3252 10371 3202 10373 3202 10483

      3296 10483 3296 10382

TIME...MOT...LOC 0833Z 089DEG 18KT 3252 10449



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