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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX

722 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN SWISHER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS

  SOUTHERN BRISCOE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS

  NORTHERN FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS

  NORTHERN HALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT



* AT 719 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH

  PLAINS...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF FLOYDADA. THE STORM

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR COMBINED WITH SATELLITE 

INDICATED 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE 3 PM. THE HEAVIEST 

RAINFALL IS ALONG A SETH WARD TO SILVERTON AXIS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY AS HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS 

CONTINUE TO TRAIN OVER THE SAME REGION. 



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3422 10173 3419 10108 3434 10098 3455 10097

      3440 10172



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