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NMC015-240900-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1158 PM MDT WED JUL 23 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 300 AM MDT



* AT 1153 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 4 MILES NORTH OF SEVEN RIVERS...OR   

  ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTH OF ARTESIA...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THIS HEAVY 

  RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 285 BETWEEN ARTESIA 

  AND CARLSBAD.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...CARLSBAD NORTH...LAKEWOOD...LOCO HILLS...LOVING...

  HOPE...MALAGA...OTIS...QUEEN...AND SEVEN RIVERS



DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3291 10483 3210 10483 3204 10374 3252 10384 3294 10383



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