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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

710 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  REAGAN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT



* AT 707 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF REAGAN

  COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN

  HAS FALLEN SINCE 600 AM CDT OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE 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.



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

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



LAT...LON 3163 10177 3112 10176 3109 10129 3165 10126



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