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WGUS74 KMAF 300747

FFSMAF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

244 AM CDT SUN SEP 30 2007



NMC015-300830-

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EDDY-

144 AM MDT SUN SEP 30 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM MDT FOR EDDY

COUNTY...



AT 137 AM MDT...GAUGE DATA CONTINUED TO SHOW DARK CANYON ARROYO 

REMAINED AT WELL ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. THIS WATER WILL INUNDATE LOW 

WATER CROSSINGS WEST OF CARLSBAD MAKING FLOOD PLONE AREAS 

UNPASSABLE. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SEVEN

RIVERS...OTIS...LOCO HILLS...LAKEWOOD...CARLSBAD NORTH...CARLSBAD AND

AVALON



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 0744Z 180DEG 0KT 3229 10415



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