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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1055 AM CDT THU OCT 13 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT



* AT 1050 AM CDT...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED     

  THAT FLOODWATERS UP TO 4 FEET DEEP WERE FLOWING THROUGH SAN        

  MARTINE DRAW NEAR TOYAH. FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE DRAW WAS         

  INUNDATING COUNTY ROAD 225 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOYAH. 



  AT 1055 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN INTENSITY OVER   

  THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY      

  RAINFALL AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST OVER THE WARNED AREA. THIS WILL     

  AGGRAVATE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT.



MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE...AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS 

DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS 

WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON 

FLOODED ROADS. 



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 3111 10409 3078 10359 3121 10319 3165 10405



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