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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

845 PM MDT SAT AUG 20 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 1245 AM MDT



* AT 842 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN HOBBS REPORTED

  FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS THE CITY WITH MANY STREETS 

  IMPASSABLE. DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO DETECT WIDESPREAD SHOWERS

  AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH PRODUCING MODERATE TO 

  OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



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 3254 10379 3254 10368 3235 10369 3235 10307

      3355 10306 3355 10369 3338 10369 3338 10374

      3296 10374 3296 10378



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