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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1239 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DAWSON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 345 AM CDT



* AT 1234 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED   

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MUCH OF DAWSON

  COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS DETECTED FROM LAMESA...NORTH 

  TO ARVANA AND RURAL LOCATIONS OF NORTHEAST DAWSON COUNTY. RADAR

  ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  LAMESA...

  ARVANA...

  KEY...

  UNION...

  PATRICIA...

  STATE HIGHWAY 349...

  U.S. HIGHWAY 87...

  U.S. HIGHWAY 180...



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS...AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3294 10170 3295 10219 3252 10219 3254 10171



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