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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

431 PM MDT SUN APR 4 2004



...FLOODING ON AREA STREETS AND DRAWS CONTINUES IN CARLSBAD AND 

SURROUNDING AREAS...



REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED THAT FLOODING FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINS 

CONTINUES IN PARTS OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD AND OUTLYING AREAS. 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CONTINUES AT THE INTERSECTION OF SAN JOSE AND 

FIESTA BOULEVARDS...AND AT RADIO AND BOYD BOULEVARDS IN CARLSBAD. 



FLOODING ALSO CONTINUES ALONG THE PECOS RIVER...DARK CANYON 

DRAW...ROCKY ARROYO...DAGGER DRAW...HACKBERRY DRAW...AND HIGBY 

HOLE.    



A FEW LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF EDDY COUNTY. 

HOWEVER...HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY NOT MOVE BACK OVER 

EDDY COUNTY UNTIL LATER THIS EVENING.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.  

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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