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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

652 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  UPTON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 945 PM CDT



* AT 648 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  SCATTERED VERY SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING TORRENTIAL 

  RAINFALL ACROSS THE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY 

  PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... LOW WATER CROSSINGS...

NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS... 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 3117 10230 3118 10182 3160 10181 3161 10231



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