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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1041 PM CDT SAT SEP 29 2007



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EDDY-

941 PM MDT SAT SEP 29 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM MDT FOR EDDY

COUNTY...



AT 936 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED WATER OVER MANY

ROADS IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. THE WATER 

DEPTH RANGED FROM 6 INCHES TO 1 FOOT. 



AT 938 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

DETECT A LARGE AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL COVERING MUCH OF SOUTHERN

EDDY COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THIS ACTIVITY IS TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND

15 MPH. RADAR CONTINUES TO ESTIMATE RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN 1 AND 

2 INCHES PER HOUR...WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OVER

THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CARLSBAD...

OTIS...LOVING...MALAGA AND WHITES CITY



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.



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 3248 10482 3278 10424 3295 10382 3252 10382

      3202 10422 3201 10483

TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 180DEG 0KT 3229 10415



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