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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1032 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 230 AM MDT



* AT 1031 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED     

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL NEAR ONE INCH PER HOUR...20 MILES   

  SOUTHWEST OF HOBBS...AND 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF HOBBS...MOVING   

  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE GROUND IS SATURATED OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL   

  LEA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF HOBBS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

  RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE FLOODING ACROSS THESE AREAS.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3262 10371 3225 10368 3253 10317 3277 10316



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