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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1113 PM MDT SAT SEP 29 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 230 AM MDT
* AT 1105 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SHARPLY RISING WATER LEVELS IN DARK
CANYON ARROYO TO THE WEST OF CARLSBAD. THIS WATER WILL BE MOVING
INTO THE CARLSBAD AREA WHICH WILL INUNDATE LOW WATER CROSSING WITH
DEEP AND FAST FLOWING WATER MAKING SOME ROADWAYS IMPASSABLE.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SEVEN
RIVERS...OTIS...LOCO HILLS...LAKEWOOD...CARLSBAD NORTH...CARLSBAD
AND AVALON
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.
MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS
DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED
ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY
CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 3248 10482 3278 10424 3295 10382 3252 10382
3202 10422 3201 10483
TIME...MOT...LOC 0513Z 180DEG 0KT 3229 10415
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