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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1256 AM MDT TUE SEP 11 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 445 AM MDT



* AT 1250 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS COVERING MUCH OF SOUTHERN EDDY

  COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN

  SINCE 11 PM MDT ACROSS AREAS BETWEEN WHITES CITY AND MALAGA...

  INCLUDING COUNTY ROAD 720...AND U.S. HIGHWAY 285 NEAR MALAGA.

  SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTS ALSO INDICATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND

  2 INCHES BETWEEN CARLSBAD AND WHITES CITY. 



* HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

  MALAGA...

  WHITES CITY...

  COUNTY ROAD 720 BETWEEN WHITES CITY AND MALAGA...

  U.S. HIGHWAY 285 BETWEEN CARLSBAD AND THE STATE LINE...

  LOVING...

  CARLSBAD...  



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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.



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 3253 10381 3252 10371 3248 10371 3246 10370

      3200 10371 3201 10467 3255 10468 3261 10381

TIME...MOT...LOC 0652Z 351DEG 8KT 3206 10423



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