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NMC015-040645-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1015 PM MST SAT APR 3 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 PM MST FOR 

EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...



AT 1010 PM MST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN EDDY COUNTY REPORTED

PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 285 BETWEEN CARLSBAD AND ARTESIA WAS FLOODED

AND IMPASSABLE.  LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ALSO REPORTED CONTINUED

FLOODING OF DARK CANYON ROAD.

 

AT 1005 PM MST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS 

MUCH OF EDDY COUNTY. THIS ACTIVITY IS MOVING TO THE NORTH AROUND 

15 MPH AND WILL AGGRAVATE THE ONGOING FLASH FLOODING. 



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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS 

HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. 



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

          3250 10373 3251 10398 3259 10384 3293 10382

          3292 10476



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