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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

531 PM CDT SUN OCT 9 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

  MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 830 PM CDT



* AT 529 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  AN IMMINENT THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM LOCATED

  NEAR MISSION DORADO...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF  ODESSA...

  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE GREATEST THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING

  IS ON CITY STREETS IN ODESSA AND MIDLAND WHERE THE VERY HEAVY

  RAINFALL RATES AND QUICK RUNOFF WILL CREATE FLOODING.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  ODESSA

  MIDLAND...

  COTTON FLAT...

  VALLEY VIEW...

  GREENWOOD...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND 

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS... CREEKS... AND OTHER 

LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND

PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF

UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



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

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



LAT...LON 3207 10279 3166 10280 3167 10178 3209 10179



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