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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED


FLASH FLOOD WARNING


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX


609 PM MDT MON AUG 14 2006





THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A





* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...


  NORTHERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...





* UNTIL 915 PM MDT





* AT 603 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED


  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM JUST SOUTH OF


  MCDONALD SOUTH TO LOVINGTON...AND 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF 


  MALJAMAR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.





* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING


  LOCATIONS...


  LOVINGTON...


  BUCKEYE...


  MCDONALD...


  U.S 82 BETWEEN LOVINGTON AND MALJAMAR...


  STATE HIGHWAY 206 BETWEEN MCDONALD AND LOVINGTON...





ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL


FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.





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.





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 3263 10380 3272 10331 3328 10309 3319 10374





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