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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

943 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2007



NMC015-280445-

EDDY-

843 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM MDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY...



AT 841 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

DETECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER 

NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY. THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHWEST 

AT 15 MPH.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES PER HOUR 

WERE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.



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

HOPE...AND MANY COUNTY ROADS WITH LOW WATER CROSSINGS ACROSS   

NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY.



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 10482 3296 10416 3245 10434 3241 10481

TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 180DEG 0KT 3257 10471



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