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TXC135-131345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

550 AM CDT THU OCT 13 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT



* AT 545 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED    

  A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER WEST ODESSA. 

  RADAR INDICATES AN INCH OR MORE OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN OVER WEST

  ODESSA WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA.



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 3167 10279 3167 10232 3206 10231 3206 10277



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