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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

733 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN ANDREWS COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT



* AT 725 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS

  SOUTHWESTERN ANDREWS COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 2 INCHES

  OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG PORTIONS OF STATE HIGHWAYS 115...128 

  AND 181 IN SOUTHWESTERN ANDREWS COUNTY. VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS 

  NOTED.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  STATE HIGHWAYS 115...128 AND 181 IN SOUTHWESTERN ANDREWS 

  COUNTY...



MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG THESE ROUTES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR 

FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE ROADWAY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING SPOTS. 



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS... AND LOW LYING 

FARMLAND IS ALSO LIKELY. 



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 3208 10305 3209 10262 3237 10271 3222 10305



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