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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

918 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2007



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EDDY-

818 AM MDT THU AUG 2 2007



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

COUNTY...



AT 810 AM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED UP TO 2 FEET OF 

WATER RUNNING OVER PORTIONS OF MESA STREET...BLODGETT STREET...

CANAL STREET AND MAIN STREET IN CARLSBAD.  LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

REPORTED 2 TO 3 VEHICLES STALLED IN HIGH WATER AT THE INTERSECTION

OF CANAL AND TANSIL STREET.  AT 820 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH OVER MUCH OF EDDY COUNTY.  MODERATE TO HEAVY 

RAINFALL...WITH DOPPLER ESTIMATES INDICATING OVER 1 INCH PER 

HOUR...CONTINUED TO FALL OVER MUCH OF EDDY COUNTY.  UP TO 2 INCH 

PER HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE INDICATED OVER SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY.

THEREFORE...ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SEVEN

RIVERS...LOCO HILLS...LAKEWOOD...DAYTON...AVALON...ATOKA...CARLSBAD

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 1418Z 180DEG 0KT 3246 10418



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