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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1137 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  REAGAN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 330 PM CDT



* AT 1136 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM 12 

  MILES NORTHWEST OF THE NORTH REAGAN FIRE STATION TO 10 MILES

  NORTH OF TEXON...MOVING EAST AT AROUND 10 MPH.



RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL RESULT IN 

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

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

DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS OR AROUND BARRICADES.



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 3109 10177 3109 10128 3165 10127 3165 10177



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