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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

812 AM MDT SUN SEP 15 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EDDY COUNTY UNTIL 845 AM

MDT...



AT 735 AM MDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED TWO TO THREE FEET OF WATER

RUNNING OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS ALONG DARK CANYON DRAW SOUTHWEST OF

CARLSBAD...AND ALONG HIGHWAY 137 BETWEEN QUEEN AND CARLSBAD.  THE

THUNDERSTORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FLASH FLOODING HAVE DECREASED IN

INTENSITY AND COVERAGE...AND THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED.

HOWEVER...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL

CONTINUE.



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.



LAT...LON 3283 10465 3201 10474 3202 10382 3287 10388  

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