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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1236 AM MDT MON SEP 27 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 AM MDT FOR EDDY 

COUNTY...



SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CONTINUES OVER THE ROADWAY FROM ROCKY ARROYO 

OVER COUNTY ROAD 401...ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF HIGHWAY 137...21 MILES 

NORTHWEST OF CARLSBAD. FLOODING ALSO CONTINUES AT DARK CANYON DRAW 

AT HILDAGO STREET AND SAN JOSE BOULEVARD IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF 

THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. THESE ROADS REMAIN BARRICADED.



AT 1227 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 

ONLY A FEW LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN EDDY 

COUNTY. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL HEAVIER SHOWERS MAY STILL DEVELOP LATER 

TONIGHT.



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.



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. 

MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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