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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

404 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 700 PM CDT



* AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER TERRELL 

  COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS FALLING AT RATES IN EXCESS OF 

  2 INCHES PER HOUR IN EXTREME NORTHWEST TERRELL COUNTY ALONG AND

  ADJACENT TO FARM TO MARKET ROAD 2400. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL

  RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.



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

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

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

MIDLAND.



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

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



LAT...LON 3001 10241 2990 10217 2989 10182 3039 10180

      3061 10177 3056 10231 3027 10236 3018 10255



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