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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

605 AM MDT SAT AUG 20 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 900 AM MDT



* AT 601 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED    

  A PERSISTENT AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF          

  PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL MOVE

  NORTH AT 20 MPH OVER AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF     

  RAINFALL SINCE 300 AM MDT...PARTICULARLY ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 529   

  ROUGHLY 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUCKEYE AND ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 238   

  ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF BUCKEYE.      



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

WATER CROSSINGS...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 3228 10370 3237 10339 3297 10326 3296 10378

      3253 10379 3254 10369



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