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WGUS54 KMAF 040649

FFWMAF

NMC015-041245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1149 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 645 AM MDT



* AT 1140 PM MST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

  FLOODING THROUGHOUT CARLSBAD WITH SEVERAL STREET CLOSURES.  

  SOME STREETS HAVE BEEN WASHED AWAY BY THE HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING.

  NUMEROUS STRANDED VEHICLES HAVE BEEN REPORTED...ESPECIALLY ON 

  CANAL STREET.  LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE URGING THE PUBLIC 

  TO STAY HOME DUE TO THIS PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.  



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SEVEN

  RIVERS...QUEEN...OTIS...MALAGA...LOVING...LOCO HILLS...LAKEWOOD...

  ESPUELA...AVALON...ATOKA...ARTESIA AND CARLSBAD NORTH.



AT 1130 PM MST...HIGHWAY 285 BETWEEN CARLSBAD AND ARTESIA NEAR SEVEN 

RIVERS WAS COVERED WITH WATER AND IMPASSABLE.  



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TO THE SOUTH AND 

SOUTHWEST OF EDDY COUNTY.



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. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. 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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST

OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 5 9 7 3 2 2 0.



LAT...LON 3252 10382 3252 10371 3202 10372 3201 10482

          3296 10483 3297 10381



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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 040649

FFWMAF

NMC015-041245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1149 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 645 AM MDT



* AT 1140 PM MST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

  FLOODING THROUGHOUT CARLSBAD WITH SEVERAL STREET CLOSURES.  

  SOME STREETS HAVE BEEN WASHED AWAY BY THE HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING.

  NUMEROUS STRANDED VEHICLES HAVE BEEN REPORTED...ESPECIALLY ON 

  CANAL STREET.  LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE URGING THE PUBLIC 

  TO STAY HOME DUE TO THIS PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.  



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SEVEN

  RIVERS...QUEEN...OTIS...MALAGA...LOVING...LOCO HILLS...LAKEWOOD...

  ESPUELA...AVALON...ATOKA...ARTESIA AND CARLSBAD NORTH.



AT 1130 PM MST...HIGHWAY 285 BETWEEN CARLSBAD AND ARTESIA NEAR SEVEN 

RIVERS WAS COVERED WITH WATER AND IMPASSABLE.  



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TO THE SOUTH AND 

SOUTHWEST OF EDDY COUNTY.



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. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. 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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST

OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 5 9 7 3 2 2 0.



LAT...LON 3252 10382 3252 10371 3202 10372 3201 10482

          3296 10483 3297 10381



$$

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