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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

527 PM MDT TUE JUL 11 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 830 PM MDT



* AT 524 PM MDT...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN   

  LAKEWOOD   FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR SEVEN RIVERS...OR 12 MILES 

  NORTHWEST OF   CARLSBAD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. 



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING

LOCATIONS...

  AVALON...

  CARLSBAD...

  WHITES CITY...

  LOVING...



SPOTTERS REPORTED RAINFALL RATES GREATER THAN ONE INCH PER HOUR IN 

LAKEWOOD...WHICH WAS LOCATED JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE STRONGEST 

PORTION OF THE STORM.  FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... 

STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING 

FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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 3280 10428 3238 10473 3201 10449 3227 10401

      3269 10382



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