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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

838 PM MDT TUE OCT 5 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM MDT FOR EDDY

COUNTY...



AT 833 PM MDT...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND LAW 

ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.  THIS 

FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF CARLSBAD.  THE 

STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE FLASH FLOODING HAVE MOVED 

EAST OF CARLSBAD...AND WILL EXIT EDDY COUNTY BY 930 PM MDT.  

HOWEVER...ARROYOS...BAR DITCHES...AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS MAY 

CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING.  



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. 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 3253 10382 3252 10371 3202 10372 3201 10484

      3201 10484 3296 10483 3297 10380



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