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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

338 PM MDT WED OCT 5 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 745 PM MDT



* AT 334 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  A DEVELOPING COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY

  HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR THE CITY OF HOBBS. THIS COMPLEX OF STORMS WAS

  MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

HOBBS...

S.H. 18...

U.S. 62/180...

EUNICE...

MONUMENT...



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 3232 10343 3232 10307 3291 10306 3291 10343



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