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WGUS74 KMAF 232320

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NMZ028-240200-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

612 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR

   EDDY COUNTY...



A NUMBER OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS EDDY COUNTY

OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT THE STRONGEST OF THESE

STORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR.

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL... PARTICULARLY ALONG HWY 285 FROM CARLSBAD...

TO MALAGA... COULD PRODUCE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING.  THE

SHERIFFS OFFICE IN CARLSBAD HAS REPORTED STREET FLOODING.



PAY ATTENTION TO THUNDERSTORMS WITH SLOW MOVEMENT AND TO RAPID

INCREASES IN STREAM LEVELS AND FLOW.  IF YOU ARE NEAR... OR LIVE...

IN A FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREA... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.  DO NOT ATTEMPT

TO WALK OR DRIVE ACROSS AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY

OR PAST BARRICADES.  RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND

ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY.  IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN THE

WATER...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

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