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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

330 AM MDT SUN APR 4 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EDDY COUNTY UNTIL 645 AM 

MDT...



AT 300 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT MAJOR FLOODING 

WAS OCCURRING IN SEVERAL AREAS OF CARLSBAD.  SEVERAL STREETS IN 

CARLSBAD CONTINUE TO BE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE...AND SOME AREAS ARE 

UNDERGOING EVACUATION.  IN ADDITION...WATER IS OVER HIGHWAY 285 

NORTH OF CARLSBAD.  THE PECOS RIVER CONTINUES TO RISE AND IS 

FLOODING PROPERTIES ALONG ITS BANKS DURING THIS DANGEROUS 

SITUATION.  



RADAR AND SATELLITE ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT AN AREA OF RAIN TOTALING 

UP TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF EDDY COUNTY THIS EVENING. 

THIS IS IN ADDITION TO RAINFALL THAT TOOK PLACE OVER THE PAST FEW 

DAYS.  



MIDLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE EDDY COUNTY AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW 

HOURS.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 

1/2 INCH PER HOUR IN SOME LOCATIONS. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



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.



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