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WGUS74 KMAF 300615

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NMC015-301100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1215 AM MDT THU SEP 30 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 AM MDT FOR EDDY

COUNTY...



AT 1210 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT HIDALGO AND 

DARK CANYON ROADS IN CARLSBAD WERE BEING BARRACADED DUE TO FLOODING. 

HIGBY AND OGDEN ROADS NEAR LOVING WERE ALSO BEING BARRACADED DUE TO 

FLOODING. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS ALSO 

REPORTED FLOODING OF MANY CITY STREETS IN CARLSBAD...LOVING...AND 

MALAGA...SOME RUNNING CURB TO CURB WITH HIGH WATER.



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.



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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