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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

645 PM MDT FRI MAY 6 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 945 PM MDT



* AT 732 PM MDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED WATER 6 

  TO 8 INCHES DEEP AT SAN JOSE BLVD IN SOUTH CARLSBAD. AT 735 PM

  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS 

  NEAR OTIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE...AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS

DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED

ROADS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY

AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. 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 3225 10425 3224 10381 3284 10381 3281 10428



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