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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

448 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GLASSCOCK COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT



* AT 445 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED   

HEAVY RAIN OVER GLASSCOCK COUNTY WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN MOVING 

INTO THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... LOW WATER CROSSINGS...

NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY.

DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING INCLUDE ST LAWRENCE... 

GARDEN CITY...STATE ROUTES 137 AND 158 AND FARM TO MARKET ROUTES 33 

AND 2401.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND 

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS... CREEKS... AND OTHER 

LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND

PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF

UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



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

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



LAT...LON 3167 10176 3167 10129 3208 10130 3206 10173



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