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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
952 AM MDT THU SEP 24 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 1245 PM MDT.
* AT 952 AM MDT, THE PUBLIC REPORTED WATER FLOWING OVER ROADWAYS
LEADING TO ROAD CLOSURES. BETWEEN 1 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN NEAR CARLSBAD AND UPSTREAM IN DARK CANYON DRAW. WATER FROM
DARK CANYON DRAW WILL CONTINUE FLOWING TOWARDS CARLSBAD. ALTHOUGH
RAINFALL HAS ENDED, FLOODING IS ONGOING.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...PUBLIC REPORTED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
CARLSBAD, CARLSBAD NORTH, AVALON, WHITES CITY, CAVERN CITY AIR
TERMINAL, LIVING DESERT STATE PARK, OTIS AND LAKE AVALON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING RAIN.
ARROYOS, STREAMS, AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES, EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3223 10446 3213 10435 3238 10410 3255 10414
3249 10440 3234 10449 3234 10450 3233 10449
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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