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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1103 PM MDT WED SEP 29 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 500 AM MDT



* AT 1053 PM MDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED FLASH FLOODING

  ALONG COUNTY ROAD 408...OR DARK CANYON ROAD. AS MUCH AS 3 FEET OF

  WATER COVERED THE ROAD IN SOME LOCATIONS. AT 1057 PM MDT...NATIONAL 

  WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

  PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF EDDY COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS

  EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF CARLSBAD TO NEAR MALAGA. FLASH FLOODING 

  WILL BE LIKELY AS HEAVY RAINS PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE HALF

  AND ONE INCH PER HOUR.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  CARLSBAD...

  LOVING...

  MALAGA...   



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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.

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 3294 10480 3203 10482 3205 10385 3295 10381



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