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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

636 PM MDT FRI AUG 19 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 930 PM MDT



* AT 634 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED    

  A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN JUST EAST OF STATE        

  HIGHWAY 18 BETWEEN HOBBS AND LOVINGTON. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS      

  NEARLY STATIONARY.



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

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

DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3277 10330 3276 10309 3302 10307 3302 10333



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