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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

717 AM MDT SUN APR 4 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 1115 AM MDT



* AT 715 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING ACROSS CARLSBAD.  THE EDDY COUNTY SO REPORTED LOWER

  COUNTY ROADS UNDER 2-7 FEET OF WATER.  ALTHOUGH DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED THAT STORMS IN THE AREA HAVE REDUCED IN INTENSITY...

  STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO THREATEN THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD.    



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

  WHITES CITY...SEVEN RIVERS...QUEEN...OTIS...MALAGA...LOVING...LOCO

  HILLS...LAKEWOOD...ESPUELA...AVALON...ATOKA...ARTESIA AND CARLSBAD

  NORTH.



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.



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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