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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

419 PM MDT SUN JUL 25 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR EDDY

COUNTY...



AT 401 PM MDT...FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE REPORTED 

ACROSS EDDY COUNTY. HEAVY RAIN HAS DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA... 

HOWEVER SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. 

REPORTS ACROSS THE COUNTY INDICATE FLOODING 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 

CARLSBAD ON COUNTY ROAD 406 WHERE WATER IS 4 TO 5 FEET DEEP AND 100 

YARDS WIDE. THERE ARE LIKELY MANY OTHER AREAS ACROSS THE COUNTY 

WHERE ROADS ARE UNDER WATER AND TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED.



WATER IS STILL COMING OUT OF DARK CANYON DRAW 8 MILES NORTH OF WHITE 

CITY TOWARD CARLSBAD AND SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE EXPECTED ON DARK 

CANYON AT CARLSBAD BEFORE 700 PM.  



THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FLASH      

FLOOD SITUATION ACROSS EDDY COUNTY BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AND MOVE 

TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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

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



LAT...LON 3209 10475 3207 10382 3292 10381 3287 10474



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