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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

556 AM CDT THU JUL 10 2008



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EDDY-

456 AM MDT THU JUL 10 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM MDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN EDDY COUNTY...



AT 447 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

MONITOR AN AREA OF SHOWERS IN NORTHEAST EDDY COUNTY PRODUCING FLASH 

FLOODING.  THIS AREA OF SHOWERS IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 16 MPH.  

SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE THAT 3 FEET OF WATER IS RUNNING OVER COUNTY 

ROAD 401 WEST SOUTHWEST OF LAKEWOOD.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS 

EXPECTED THIS MORNING WHICH WILL INCREASE THE FLASH FLOODING 

POTENTIAL ACROSS NORTHEASTERN EDDY COUNTY.



THE AREA OF SHOWERS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE 

FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LAKEWOOD...LOCO HILLS...ARTESIA...US HIGHWAY 

285...AND US HIGHWAY 82.



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. 



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.



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



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