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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

248 AM CDT TUE SEP 11 2007



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EDDY-

148 AM MDT TUE SEP 11 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM MDT FOR

SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY...



AT 138 AM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED CURB TO CURB 

FLOODING ACROSS MANY INTERSECTIONS IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD...WITH

WATER RUNNING 5 TO 6 INCHES DEEP.



AT 145 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

DETECT A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAINFALL COVERING MUCH OF SOUTHERN

EDDY COUNTY. THE RAIN IS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH. RADAR

CONTINUES TO ESTIMATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES...WITH

ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES IN THE MALAGA AND BLACK RIVER

VILLAGE AREAS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF CITY STREETS...

URBAN AREAS...ARROYOS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND NORMALLY FLOOD

PRONE AREAS.



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.



LAT...LON 3253 10381 3252 10371 3248 10371 3246 10370

      3200 10371 3201 10467 3255 10468 3261 10381

TIME...MOT...LOC 0742Z 351DEG 8KT 3222 10435



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