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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1221 AM CDT WED JUL 27 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 415 AM CDT



* AT 1217 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED   

  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING FROM   

  NEAR ORLA TO 26 MILES SOUTH OF PECOS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  PECOS...

  TOYAH LAKE...

  ORLA...

  VERHALEN...

  RURAL AREAS OF REEVES COUNTY...



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 3124 10382 3090 10350 3133 10310 3141 10345

      3148 10351 3161 10355 3184 10391 3165 10393



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