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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

936 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT



* AT 933 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 14 MILES

  EAST OF BAKERSFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.  PUBLIC REPORTS ALSO 

  INDICATE ONGOING FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSING ON U.S. 385 BETWEEN

  FORT STOCKTON AND MARATHON FROM EARLIER STORMS.  TRAVEL BETWEEN 

  FORT STOCKTON AND MARATHON IS REPORTED TO BE DIFFICULT.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  BAKERSFIELD...



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 3053 10307 3017 10272 3063 10237 3075 10188

      3102 10220



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