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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

639 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 945 PM MDT



* AT 637 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING NEAR HOBBS...

  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  RADAR INDICATES THAT EARLIER STORMS 

  HAVE PRODUCED OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN ON SH 176 15 MILES SOUTHEAST

  OF HALFWAY.  



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  HOBBS...

  HUMBLE CITY...

  KNOWLES...



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 3237 10363 3251 10308 3294 10307 3272 10374



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