THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... * UNTIL 215 AM MDT * AT 1103 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR RAINFALL COVERING MUCH OF NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. RUNOFF... ESPECIALLY ALONG DARK CANYON DRAW SOUTHWEST OF CARLSBAD...HAS ALREADY RESULTED IN FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND CARLSBAD. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE AVALON...BRANTLEY LAKE STATE PARK...SEVEN RIVERS...LOCO HILLS... LAKEWOOD...DAYTON...AVALON...ATOKA AND ARTESIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && LAT...LON 3263 10459 3297 10435 3297 10386 3296 10386 3208 10419 3209 10454 3234 10475 -SWC-
Posted on: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 05:16:36 +0000
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