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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

811 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCURRY COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

  BORDEN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

  HOWARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

  MITCHELL COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT



* AT 807 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED    

  WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF SCURRY...BORDEN...HOWARD...

  AND MITCHELL COUNTIES. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE FROM THESE 

  STORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  COAHOMA...

  KNAPP...

  IRA...

  SNYDER...



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 3213 10168 3211 10073 3288 10071 3290 10163



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