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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

326 AM CDT THU OCT 13 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 615 AM CDT



* AT 317 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE 

  THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF ORLA...TO NEAR 

  PECOS...TO TOYAH...TO NEAR BALMORHEA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25

  MPH. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS

  FALLEN ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF REEVES COUNTY. ADDITIONAL

  HEAVY RAINFALL WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  TOYAH...

  PECOS...

  VERHALEN...

  SARAGOSA...

  BALMORHEA...



INTERSTATES 10 AND 20...STATE HIGHWAY 17...AND FARM ROAD 2903 WILL

ALSO BE IMPACTED.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS...AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. BE ESPECIALLY 

CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF 

FLOODING.  



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT FLOODING... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE

IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3112 10408 3077 10357 3110 10332 3155 10352

      3168 10379 3153 10405



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