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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1113 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 215 PM MDT



* AT 1108 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED

  TO DETECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS 

  NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY. TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS CONTINUE TO

  REPORT ONGOING FLOODING ON ARMSTRONG ROAD...2 MILES SOUTH OF HOPE.

  THIS ROAD CONTINUES TO BE INUNDATED WITH 5 FEET OF WATER AND

  REMAINS IMPASSABLE. LOCAL DRAWS AND ARROYOS CONTINUE TO BE AT

  BANKFULL...SOME OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS...ESPECIALLY AT LOW WATER 

  CROSSINGS. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP

  THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL

  AGGRAVATE THE ONGOING FLOODING IN NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  COTTONWOOD...ATOKA...HOPE...AND ARTESIA



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... LOW WATER CROSSINGS...

NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND 

REMAINS 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 3296 10482 3259 10481 3258 10429 3296 10437



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