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WGUS74 KMAF 090329

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1029 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008



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EDDY-

929 PM MDT TUE JUL 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM MDT FOR

WESTERN EDDY COUNTY...



AT 918 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED MINOR STREET FLOODING

IN ARTESIA WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES OF WATER FLOWING THROUGH THE INTERSECTIONS

OF MAIN STREET AND TEXAS STREET.  THIS AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND STORMS 

WAS LOCATED FROM SOUTH OF QUEEN... TO WEST CARLSBAD... TO ARTESIA AND WAS

MOVING NORTH AT 13 MPH.  MINOR STREET FLOODING REPORTED EARLIER IN CARLSBAD 

IS BEGINNING TO IMPROVE AS THE AREA OF MODERATE RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED WEST.



BE CAREFUL DRIVING AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING ARE HARDER

TO RECOGNIZE.  TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3292 10481 3292 10409 3207 10414 3206 10479



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