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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1106 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCURRY COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT



* AT 1101 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED   

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER HERMLEIGH. THIS   

  THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL SPREAD NORTH THROUGH 1 AM CDT...AND     

  WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OVER ALREADY SATURATED SOILS. LOW    

  LYING AREAS...ROADWAYS AND HIGHWAYS SUCH AS U.S. HIGHWAY 84...U.S. 

  ROUTE 180...AND FARM TO MARKET ROADS IN EASTERN SCURRY COUNTY WILL 

  BE MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE 

INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY 

BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN 

RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3252 10118 3253 10067 3296 10066 3295 10117



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