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TXC135-151345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

539 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT



* AT 538 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED    

  A THUNDERSTORM OVER ODESSA CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH              

  FLOODING. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

  IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN ECTOR 

  COUNTY...AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.   



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  ODESSA...

  GARDENDALE...



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 3205 10274 3169 10273 3168 10232 3206 10231



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