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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

649 AM CDT THU OCT 13 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 945 AM CDT



* AT 642 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL   

  ACROSS MUCH OF MIDLAND COUNTY. THIS PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING

  SLOWLY NORTH AT AROUND 10 MPH. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL

  MOVE INTO THE COUNTY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...WHICH WILL

  INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS

  LOW WATER CROSSINGS...CITY STREETS...AND BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES

  IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF MIDLAND.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  MIDLAND...

  GREENWOOD...

  SPRABERRY...

 

INTERSTATE 20 AND STATE HIGHWAY 349 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED.

  

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.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL

FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



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

OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3166 10228 3165 10178 3208 10177 3209 10229



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