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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

444 PM MDT SAT AUG 20 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 845 PM MDT



* AT 439 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM LOVINGTON SOUTH TO STATE HIGHWAY 176

  AND STATE HIGHWAY 128 THAT MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING...MOVING

  NORTH AT 15 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  LOVINGTON...

  HALFWAY...

  STATE HIGHWAY 128...

  STATE HIGHWAY 176...



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 3293 10377 3263 10380 3258 10372 3201 10370

      3201 10307 3298 10307



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