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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1119 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2007



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EDDY-

1019 AM MDT THU AUG 2 2007



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

COUNTY...



AT 1015 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

DETECT AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THE HEAVIEST 

RAIN WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF QUEEN...OR 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 

CARLSBAD...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH.



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING

LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN 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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY.



LAT...LON 3250 10383 3252 10372 3202 10373 3204 10481

      3295 10479 3295 10382

TIME...MOT...LOC 1619Z 353DEG 12KT 3210 10452



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