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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

452 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 745 PM MDT



* AT 446 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR CAPROCK...OR ABOUT 22 MILES

  NORTHWEST OF TATUM...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. ADDITIONAL

  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO EXPAND INTO NORTHERN LEA COUNTY

  THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING RESULTING IN RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS

  OF TWO INCHES. OVER 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN NEAR CAPROCK.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  CAPROCK...

  CROSSROADS...



RAINFALL WILL LIKELY BE HEAVIEST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 380. HOWEVER...

RAINFALL DEVELOPING AND MOVING INTO LEA COUNTY IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD

SOUTH THROUGH THE EVENING. THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BE EXPANDED

SOUTHWARD AS THIS WEATHER EVENT DEVELOPS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS... CREEKS... AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND

PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF

UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



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

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



LAT...LON 3357 10370 3339 10371 3339 10375 3297 10375

      3297 10380 3284 10380 3285 10306 3356 10304



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