

000 

WGUS54 KMAF 151510

FFWMAF

TXC329-151800-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1007 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 100 PM CDT



* AT 1004 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING

  ON SH 349 BETWEEN MIDLAND AND RANKIN...AND ALSO ON CR 1160 BETWEEN 

  FM 1213 AND CR 300.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES WIDESPREAD

  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE COUNTY MOVING 

  NORTH AT 20 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  VALLEY VIEW...

  MIDLAND...

  GREENWOOD...



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 3166 10226 3166 10179 3207 10179 3207 10227



$$

