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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

806 AM MDT THU SEP 30 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 AM MDT FOR EDDY

COUNTY...



AT 750 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING CONTINUING ACROSS PORTIONS OF EDDY COUNTY. HIGHWAY 128 

REMAINED CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. IN ADDITION...FLASH FLOODING WAS 

REPORTED IN THE CITY STREETS OF ARTESIA...ALONG DARK CANYON IN 

CARLSBAD...AND NEAR LOVINGTON.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 

INCLUDE...CARLSBAD...WHITES CITY...AND LOVINGTON.



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. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. 



TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3261 10482 3202 10483 3201 10383 3284 10384



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