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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

840 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2007



NMC015-021530-

EDDY-

740 AM MDT THU AUG 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM MDT FOR EDDY

COUNTY...



AT 715 AM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED MINOR TO MODERATE 

STREET FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE CARLSBAD AREA. THE WATER WAS UP TO A 

FOOT DEEP ON SOME OF THE ROADWAYS. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SEVEN

RIVERS...LOCO HILLS...LAKEWOOD...DAYTON...AVALON...ATOKA 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 3256 10461 3293 10464 3293 10383 3251 10385

      3249 10373 3202 10375 3211 10444

TIME...MOT...LOC 1340Z 180DEG 0KT 3246 10418



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