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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

632 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  UPTON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT



* AT 628 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF UPTON

  COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

  SINCE 530 AM CDT OVER MUCH OF WESTERN UPTON COUNTY. HEAVY RAINFALL

  ALSO FELL ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING POTENTIAL.  



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.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL

FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



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

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



LAT...LON 3163 10223 3108 10219 3112 10180 3163 10185



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