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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

644 AM MDT SUN SEP 15 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 845 AM MDT



* AT 639 AM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS   

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN EDDY COUNTY...

  FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARTESIA...TO NEAR CARLSBAD...TO 5 MILES

  SOUTH OF WHITES CITY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 10 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  AVALON...CARLSBAD...DAYTON...LAKEWOOD...LOVING...MALAGA...OTIS...

  QUEEN...SEVEN RIVERS...WHITES CITY...AND DARK CANYON DRAW



IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OVER A FLOODED ROAD. THE

ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL INUNDATE ROADS AND FARM AND RANCH LAND. DO NOT

DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATER

IN A CAR OR ON FOOT.



FLOODING IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. HEAVY

RAINFALL...EVEN IN THE DISTANT...CAN CREATE SUDDEN FLOWS CAPABLE OF

OVERTAKING CAMPERS AND HIKERS. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW



LAT...LON 3203 10390 3269 10418 3287 10481 3204 10480  

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