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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

830 PM MDT SUN SEP 26 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 230 AM MDT



* AT 8 PM MDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED WATER 4 FEET 

  DEEP OVER THE ROADWAY FROM ROCKY ARROYO OVER COUNTY ROAD 401...

  2 MILES WEST OF HIGHWAY 137...OR 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF CARLSBAD. 

  IN ADDITION...AT 825 PM MDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER 

  OVER THE ROADWAY FROM DARK CANYON DRAW AT HILDAGO STREET AND 

  SAN JOSE BOULEVARD IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. 

  THESE ROADS WERE BARRICADED. ALTHOUGH RAIN HAD DIMINISHED 

  SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...FLOODING ALONG THE 

  AFOREMENTIONED AREAS WILL CONTINUE. 

  

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.



MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE...AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS

DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED

ROADS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY

AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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

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



LAT...LON 3253 10382 3252 10371 3202 10372 3201 10484

      3201 10484 3296 10483 3297 10380



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