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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1210 AM CDT WED JUL 27 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 415 AM CDT



* AT 1208 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED   

  A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...   

  OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF MIDLAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING       

  EXTENDED SOUTH OF THE MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...AND WERE     

  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...

  MIDLAND...

  COTTON FLAT...

  VALLEY VIEW...

  GREENWOOD...

  SPRABERRY...



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 3207 10228 3168 10228 3168 10181 3207 10181



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