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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

640 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 945 AM CDT



* AT 636 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED    

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MIDLAND COUNTY.  OTHER     

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE MOVING INTO MIDLAND     

  COUNTY AND WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING.



MEDIA REPORTED THAT COUNTY ROAD 1150 WAS BARRICADED FROM THE 

INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTE 158 TO FARM TO MARKET ROUTE 307 DUE TO 

WATER OVER THE ROAD.



KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM CULVERTS...DITCHES...STORM DRAINS...AND 

SWOLLEN CREEKS.



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.



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.



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 3168 10229 3167 10180 3206 10181 3206 10226



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