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WGUS74 KMAF 260710

FFSMAF

NMC015-260-261100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

110 AM MDT MON JUL 26 2004



...HIGH WATER CONTINUES TO BE REPORTED ACROSS EDDY COUNTY... 



AT 106 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH OVER PORTIONS OF 

EDDY COUNTY.  ALTHOUGH RAINFALL RATES WERE BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND 

ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH PER HOUR...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL 

EXACERBATE EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS IN EDDY COUNTY.    



LOCAL OFFICIALS IN EDDY COUNTY CONTINUED TO REPORT AREAS OF HIGH 

WATER OVER PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.  SOME ROADWAYS STILL REMAIN 

CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.  THESE INCLUDE: FM 408...BETWEEN HIGHWAY 

62/180 AND HIGHWAY 137...AND HIGHWAY 137 FROM THE JUNCTION OF 137 

AND HIGHWAY 285 TO THE COMMUNITY OF QUEEN.  AS MUCH AS 4 TO 6 FEET 

OF WATER WAS REPORTED RUNNING OVER PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 137.      



IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL MORE HOURS FOR THE HIGH WATERS TO RECEDE. THIS 

IS STILL AN ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND TRAVEL IS NOT 

RECOMMENDED  



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. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN 

AROUND...DON/T DROWN.



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



$$

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000 

WGUS74 KMAF 260710

FFSMAF

NMC015-260-261100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

110 AM MDT MON JUL 26 2004



...HIGH WATER CONTINUES TO BE REPORTED ACROSS EDDY COUNTY... 



AT 106 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH OVER PORTIONS OF 

EDDY COUNTY.  ALTHOUGH RAINFALL RATES WERE BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND 

ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH PER HOUR...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL 

EXACERBATE EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS IN EDDY COUNTY.    



LOCAL OFFICIALS IN EDDY COUNTY CONTINUED TO REPORT AREAS OF HIGH 

WATER OVER PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.  SOME ROADWAYS STILL REMAIN 

CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.  THESE INCLUDE: FM 408...BETWEEN HIGHWAY 

62/180 AND HIGHWAY 137...AND HIGHWAY 137 FROM THE JUNCTION OF 137 

AND HIGHWAY 285 TO THE COMMUNITY OF QUEEN.  AS MUCH AS 4 TO 6 FEET 

OF WATER WAS REPORTED RUNNING OVER PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 137.      



IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL MORE HOURS FOR THE HIGH WATERS TO RECEDE. THIS 

IS STILL AN ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND TRAVEL IS NOT 

RECOMMENDED  



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. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN 

AROUND...DON/T DROWN.



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



$$

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