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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1054 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT



* AT 1055 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND WEST OF FARM 

  TO MARKET ROAD 2400...INCLUDING INDEPENDENCE CREEK. ADDITIONAL 

  RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 

  1 AM ACROSS MANY SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY. 



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.



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 3012 10242 2994 10233 2993 10206 2984 10178

      3038 10176 3057 10174 3062 10179 3066 10211

      3057 10233 3032 10237 3024 10255



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