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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

540 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN PRESIDIO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 845 PM CDT



* AT 535 PM CDT...MIDLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING     

  NEAR CANDELARIA...ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF MARFA...FROM RECENT

  THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWESTERN PRESIDIO COUNTY.  THESE          

  THUNDERSTORMS ARE DRIFTING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  CANDELARIA...

  RUIDOSA...



FLASH FLOODING HAS RESULTED IN A TEMPORARY RISE OF RIVER LEVELS

TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE ALONG THE RIO GRANDE NEAR CANDELARIA.  THESE

RIVER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATER THIS EVENING

AS THUNDERSTORMS WEAKEN ACROSS NORTHWESTERN PRESIDIO COUNTY.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. 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 2989 10467 3016 10422 3050 10421 3058 10492



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