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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

841 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCURRY COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 245 AM CDT



* AT 835 PM CDT...THE SNYDER FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT FLASH     

  FLOODING ALONG DEEP CREEK CONTINUES IN AND AROUND SNYDER. A BRIDGE 

  OVER THE CREEK AT 26TH STREET WAS REPORTED TO BE SUBMERGED BY      

  FLOOD WATERS. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES   

  OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF SCURRY COUNTY. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL    

  WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLASH FLOOD SITUATION.



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 3294 10116 3254 10117 3253 10068 3294 10069



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