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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

433 PM MDT SUN SEP 4 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 730 PM MDT



* AT 427 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING

  ALONG ROADS NEAR WHITES CITY. AT 431 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER

  SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT SHOWERS AND

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF 

  SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO 

  THE WEST...AT 5 TO 10 MPH.



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ALONG

HIGHWAY 62 180 NEAR WHITES CITY...AS WELL AS COUNTY ROAD 720 

BETWEEN WHITES CITY AND MALAGA.   



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 3201 10409 3230 10395 3229 10436 3201 10444



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