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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1221 AM MDT SAT MAY 28 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 315 AM MDT



* AT 1215 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM A THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTH OF HALFWAY. 

  FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM ACROSS 

  SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY...AND ESPECIALLY ALONG NEW MEXICO ROUTE 128.  

  SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REST OF 

  THE COUNTY WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVRY RAINFALL AND 

  FLASH FLOODING.  



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

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

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 



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

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



LAT...LON 3201 10370 3201 10307 3355 10305 3356 10370

      3338 10369 3338 10374 3296 10374 3296 10379

      3254 10380 3253 10369



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