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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

354 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MITCHELL COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 352 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED    

  AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER        

  CENTRAL MITCHELL COUNTY. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SPREAD OVER COLORADO  

  CITY BY 430 PM CDT. FLASH FLOODING ALONG ROADWAYS...CITY           

  STREETS...LOW LYING AREAS...AND ALONG THE FLOODED COLORADO RIVER   

  IS IMMINENT. 



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 3209 10117 3209 10067 3251 10067 3251 10118



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