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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

226 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 530 PM CDT



* AT 221 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED    

  WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PECOS        

  COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL TOTALS AS ESTIMATED BY RADAR ARE IN  

  EXCESS OF 3 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME OVER SOUTHERN AND     

  EASTERN PECOS COUNTY. 



FLASH FLOODING ALONG AREAS FROM U.S. HIGHWAY 385 TO U.S. HIGHWAY 285 

IS LIKELY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS FALLING IN VICINITY OF 

GIRVIN AND IMPERIAL. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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

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



LAT...LON 3053 10320 3011 10261 3029 10260 3031 10238

      3063 10240 3072 10184 3094 10193 3104 10235

      3134 10298 3076 10353



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