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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
108 AM MDT THU SEP 24 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...
NORTHWESTERN CULBERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 400 AM MDT /500 AM CDT/.
* AT 108 AM MDT /208 AM CDT/, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. MESONET OBSERVING
STATIONS INDICATE THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN
IN THE PAST 1 TO 2 HOURS NEAR CARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARK AND
ADDITIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS AND STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD OVER
AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING
OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
PINE SPRINGS, CARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARK, MCKITTRICK CANYON,
WHITES CITY, GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, LINCOLN NATIONAL
FOREST AND QUEEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 3199 10492 3200 10490 3200 10485 3204 10485
3231 10482 3237 10466 3231 10430 3212 10430
3188 10431 3163 10445 3165 10469 3168 10489
3187 10492
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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