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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

428 PM MDT TUE AUG 23 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 730 PM MDT



* AT 423 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED     

  A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER ARTESIA...

  MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  ARTESIA... 

  LOCO HILLS...



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 3256 10479 3258 10382 3295 10381 3294 10478



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