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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

345 AM MDT THU JUL 10 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 645 AM MDT



* AT 335 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS            

  CONTINUED TO MONITOR A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING  

  ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS WAS LOCATED ACROSS 

  THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF EDDY COUNTY FROM ARTESIA...DOWN TO      

  CARLSBAD...EAST AND NORTH TO THE COUNTY LINES....AND ARE MOVING    

  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  EDDY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE INDICATED THAT   

  NORTH BOLTON ROAD IN ARTESIA WAS BEING CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING OF   

  LOW LYING AREAS. 



* THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE 

FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

  ARTESIA...

  LOCO HILLS...

  DAYTON...

  LAKEWOOD...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL

FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS... URBAN AREAS... HIGHWAYS... STREETS AND

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3296 10446 3296 10380 3245 10381 3246 10456



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