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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

816 PM MDT FRI AUG 19 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 1215 AM MDT



* AT 814 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING   

AT U.S. ROUTE 285 AND BRANTLEY DAM.  DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 10 MILES WEST OF CARLSBAD TO 

12 MILES SOUTH OF LOCO HILLS MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE 

INTO FLOODED AREAS.



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.



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 3227 10472 3225 10382 3294 10382 3294 10475



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