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NMC015-270615-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1049 PM MDT SAT JUN 26 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 AM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN

EDDY COUNTY...



AT 1040 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MINOR 

FLOODING OCCURRING ON AREA ROADS...AND DRAWS FILLING UP AROUND HOPE.



AT 1044 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATED A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 

ACROSS MUCH OF EDDY COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN ONE AND ONE 

AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF 

CARLSBAD. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3295 10450 3294 10479 3228 10480 3228 10434

      3293 10418



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