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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1058 AM MDT THU SEP 30 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 500 PM MDT



* AT 1043 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH    

  FLOODING CONTINUING ACROSS PORTIONS OF EDDY COUNTY FROM RUNOFF

  OF EARLIER RAINFALL. FLOODING ALONG DARK CANYON AND ROCKY ARROYO   

  WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOWING WATER UP TO 4 FEET HIGH OVER        

  HIDALGO ROAD...STATE ROUTE 137...BOYD AND RADIO STREETS...AND

  NUMEROUS OTHER ROADS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CARLSBAD AND SURROUNDING

  RURAL AREAS. 



LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORT MOTORISTS GOING AROUND POLICE BARRICADES IN 

CARLSBAD TO DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADWAYS. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS  



MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE...IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON 

FLOODED ROADS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN 

QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. 



TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN



LAT...LON 3253 10382 3252 10371 3202 10372 3201 10484

      3201 10484 3296 10483 3297 10380



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