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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

241 PM MDT TUE SEP 21 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 630 PM MDT



* AT 234 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING

  ALONG LAST CHANCE CREEK IN SOUTHWEST EDDY COUNTY. AT 234 PM 

  MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS 

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR LAST CHANCE CREEK AND DARK 

  CANYON...NORTHEAST TO NEAR CARLSBAD...MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 

  AROUND 10 MPH. FLASH FLOODING OF DRAWS...CREEKS...AND LOW LYING 

  AREAS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY...PARTICULARLY ALONG

  DARK CANYON DRAW...IS LIKELY.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDED...

  LAST CHANCE CREEK...

  DARK CANYON DRAW...

  CARLSBAD...  



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF ARROYOS AND DRAWS...ROADS

AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS MAY TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES

IN STEEP TERRAIN. 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 3207 10466 3209 10448 3248 10410 3252 10456



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