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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1004 AM MDT THU SEP 30 2004



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

COUNTY...



AT 949 AM MDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED HIGHWAY 408 SOUTH 

OF CARLSBAD CLOSED WITH 3 TO 4 FEET OF WATER OVER THE FIRST LOW 

WATER CROSSING AND HIDALGO ROAD CLOSED WITH 3 TO 4 FEET OF WATER 1 

MILE WEST OF THE HIDALGO AND BOYD INTERSECTION.  ALTHOUGH NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE RADAR HAS INDICATED A DECREASE IN AREAL 

PRECIPITATION COVERAGE... WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

MAY INCREASE IN COVERAGE LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...CARLSBAD AND 

CARLSBAD NORTH.



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.



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

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



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



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