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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

727 PM MDT SAT AUG 20 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 1130 PM MDT



* AT 723 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY...

  INCREASING THE FLASH FLOOD RISK NEAR CARLSBAD AND ARTESIA.

  THESE STORMS WERE GENERALLY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



MOST OF THE WARNED AREA HAS RECEIVED COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL 

OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS DEVELOPING 

ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY AND WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING 

SITUATION...ESPECIALLY NEAR LOW-WATER CROSSINGS...ARROYOS...AND 

RIVER CROSSINGS.   



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS... CREEKS... AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND

PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF

UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



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

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



LAT...LON 3253 10382 3252 10371 3202 10372 3201 10484

      3201 10484 3296 10483 3297 10380



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