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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1130 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 315 PM CDT



* AT 1130 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN NOTREES AND

  ODESSA...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  WITH WATER RUNOFF

  FROM PREVIOUS THUNDERSTORMS ONGOING...THESE ADDITIONAL

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN CONTINUED FLOODING ACROSS

  ECTOR COUNTY AND THE CITY OF ODESSA.



THOSE TRAVELING ALONG TEXAS HIGHWAY 302...INTERSTATE 20...BUSINESS 

INTERSTATE 20...AND IN THE CITY OF ODESSA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION 

INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS.   



PERSONS ARE URGED TO STAY AWAY FROM FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN THE CITY OF 

ODESSA...SUCH AS ALONG DIXIE ROAD BETWEEN 42ND AND UNIVERSITY 

STREETS...NEAR THE UNDERPASS AT 2ND AND GRANT STREETS...AND ALONG 

MUSKINGUM STREET.



REMEMBER...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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