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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

331 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  REAGAN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 730 PM CDT



* AT 326 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED   

  TO DETECTED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY      

  RAINFALL OVER MOST OF REAGAN COUNTY. PERIODS OF RAIN...HEAVY AT    

  TIMES WILL PERSIST OVER THE WARNED AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 5 PM CDT. 

  REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OF WATER COVERING SEVERAL RURAL         

  ROADWAYS IN NORTHERN REAGAN COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL       

  AGGRAVATE ANY ONGOING FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL 

FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



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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