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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1257 PM MDT FRI AUG 3 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 400 PM MDT



* AT 1254 PM MDT...EMERGENCY MANAGERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING        

  FROM HEAVY RAINS THAT FELL EARLIER OVER THE WARNED AREA. PORTIONS  

  OF DARK CANYON ARROYO AND ROCKY ARROYO ARE IN THE PROCESS OF       

  FLOODING AND SOME LOW WATER CROSSING IN AND AROUND CARLSBAD ARE OR 

  WILL SOON BE IMPASSABLE.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SEVEN

  RIVERS...OTIS...LOVING...CARLSBAD NORTH...CARLSBAD AND AVALON



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.



MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS

DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED

ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY

CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3262 10481 3262 10383 3252 10382 3251 10371

      3202 10374 3202 10484

TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 180DEG 0KT 3227 10433



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