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NMC015-040645-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

752 PM MST SAT APR 3 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 1145 PM MST



* AT 740 PM MST...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 7 FEET OF WATER

  RUNNING ACROSS DARK CANYON ROAD...5 MILES EAST OF HIGHWAY 137.

  BOYD DRIVE IN CARLSBAD WAS REPORTED TO HAVE 2 FEET DEEP WATER...

  300 FEET WIDE. IN ADDITION SAN JOSE STREET NEAR THE UPPER

  END OF DARK CANYON IN CARLSBAD HAD WATER 2 FEET DEEP OVER

  THE ROAD...200 FEET WIDE. ALL OF THE LOW LYING ROADS IN

  DOWNTOWN CARLSBAD HAVE 6 TO 10 INCHES OF WATER OVER THE ROADS.

  

  AT 745 PM MST DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SCATTERED TO

  NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING EDDY COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS

  WILL CONTINUE THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...AGGRAVATING THE FLASH FLOODING.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...

  CARLSBAD...ARTESIA...RURAL EDDY COUNTY.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS...AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS...AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND

PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF

UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3205 10480 3203 10432 3205 10377 3236 10371

          3250 10373 3251 10398 3259 10384 3293 10382

          3292 10476



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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 040256

FFWMAF

NMC015-040645-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

752 PM MST SAT APR 3 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 1145 PM MST



* AT 740 PM MST...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 7 FEET OF WATER

  RUNNING ACROSS DARK CANYON ROAD...5 MILES EAST OF HIGHWAY 137.

  BOYD DRIVE IN CARLSBAD WAS REPORTED TO HAVE 2 FEET DEEP WATER...

  300 FEET WIDE. IN ADDITION SAN JOSE STREET NEAR THE UPPER

  END OF DARK CANYON IN CARLSBAD HAD WATER 2 FEET DEEP OVER

  THE ROAD...200 FEET WIDE. ALL OF THE LOW LYING ROADS IN

  DOWNTOWN CARLSBAD HAVE 6 TO 10 INCHES OF WATER OVER THE ROADS.

  

  AT 745 PM MST DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SCATTERED TO

  NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING EDDY COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS

  WILL CONTINUE THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...AGGRAVATING THE FLASH FLOODING.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...

  CARLSBAD...ARTESIA...RURAL EDDY COUNTY.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS...AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS...AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND

PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF

UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3205 10480 3203 10432 3205 10377 3236 10371

          3250 10373 3251 10398 3259 10384 3293 10382

          3292 10476



$$

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