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NMZ028-034-200300-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

741 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2001



...ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR EASTERN EDDY AND

   SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM MDT...



A SLOW MOVING CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN EDDY AND SOUTHERN

LEA COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...

WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OVER TWO INCHES PER HOUR.  AT 625 PM MDT...

FOUR INCHES OF WATER WAS REPORTED OVER THE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION

OF STATE HIGHWAYS 128 AND 31...14 MILES TO THE SOUTHEAST OF CARLSBAD.

LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF AN ATOKA TO CARLSBAD TO MALAGA LINE IN

EDDY COUNTY...AND TO THE SOUTH OF AN OIL CENTER TO HALFWAY LINE IN

LEA COUNTY...SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...BAR DITCHES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND NORMALLY DRY

WASHES AND ARROYOS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR MOTORISTS

TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAY 128 EAST OF CARLSBAD...AND ALONG STATE

HIGHWAY 176 BETWEEN HALFWAY AND EUNICE.  IF TRAVELING ON THESE ROADS

THIS EVENING...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION.



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

ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOU LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION

STATION...OR YOUR CABLE OR SATELLITE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE

LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.



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