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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

920 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MITCHELL COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT



* AT 920 AM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ALONG AND NEAR

  FARM TO MARKET ROAD 2183 IN SOUTHWEST MITCHELL COUNTY. OVER 2 INCHES 

  OF RAIN HAD BEEN REPORTED TO HAVE FALLEN SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN EARLY 

  THIS MORNING NEAR BEALS CREEK. AT 920 AM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  MODERATE TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS THE COUNTY. 



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 3213 10116 3212 10069 3247 10070 3250 10072

      3251 10116



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