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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

706 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL HOWARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 703 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING WITH 2 FEET OF WATER RUNNING THROUGH LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

  THIS STORMS WAS LOCATED NEAR BIG SPRING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT

  15 MPH.  



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  BIG SPRING...

  SAND SPRINGS...

  COAHOMA...

 

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 3210 10166 3213 10128 3243 10123 3249 10161



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