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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 151357

FFWMAF

NMC015-151700-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

754 AM MDT TUE AUG 15 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 1100 AM MDT



* AT 752 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED    

  A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

  AREA.  THIS AREA HAS RECEIVED COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL OVER THE 

  LAST SEVERAL DAYS.  THE GROUND IS SATURATED AND ANY ADDITIONAL     

  RAINFALL WILL RUNOFF INTO LOW LYING AREAS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            

  COTTONWOOD...

  HOPE...

  AND U.S. HIGHWAY 82...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND 

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS... CREEKS... AND OTHER 

LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND

PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF

UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



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.  TURN AROUND DON/T DROWN.



TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3297 10482 3210 10484 3259 10425 3297 10427



$$

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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 151357

FFWMAF

NMC015-151700-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

754 AM MDT TUE AUG 15 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 1100 AM MDT



* AT 752 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED    

  A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

  AREA.  THIS AREA HAS RECEIVED COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL OVER THE 

  LAST SEVERAL DAYS.  THE GROUND IS SATURATED AND ANY ADDITIONAL     

  RAINFALL WILL RUNOFF INTO LOW LYING AREAS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            

  COTTONWOOD...

  HOPE...

  AND U.S. HIGHWAY 82...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND 

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS... CREEKS... AND OTHER 

LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND

PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF

UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



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.  TURN AROUND DON/T DROWN.



TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3297 10482 3210 10484 3259 10425 3297 10427



$$

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