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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1121 AM MDT SUN APR 4 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EDDY COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



AT 1117 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS 

MOVED EAST OF EDDY COUNTY. HOWEVER...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS 

CONTINUES IN CARLSBAD AND SURROUNDING AREAS...MAINLY ALONG THE 

PECOS RIVER...DARK CANYON DRAW...ROCKY ARROYO...DAGGER DRAW...

HACKBERRY DRAW...AND HIGBY HOLE.    



ALTHOUGH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY NOT MOVE BACK OVER EDDY 

COUNTY DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...THE POSSIBILITY OF 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS VERY GOOD THIS AFTERNOON...TONIGHT...

AND MONDAY.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR 

EDDY COUNTY.  ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE 

FLOODING SITUATION.  



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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