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TXC389-271315-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

416 AM CDT WED JUL 27 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 815 AM CDT



* AT 412 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED    

  A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAIN ACROSS REEVES COUNTY. LITTLE         

  MOVEMENT IS NOTED WITH THIS AREA OF RAIN. NO NEW FLOODING REPORTS  

  HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN THE PECOS AREA HOWEVER IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL  

  HOURS FOR FLOOD WATERS TO RECEDE AND THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD     

  WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED.    



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.



LAT...LON 3103 10343 3130 10314 3143 10346 3155 10385 3114 10393 

3094 10375



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