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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED


FLASH FLOOD WARNING


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX


803 PM MDT TUE AUG 15 2006





THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A





* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...


  LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...





* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT





* AT 759 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED


  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL


  ACROSS THE COUNTY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAD


  ESTIMATED NEAR 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 5 PM MDT ACROSS


  STATE HIGHWAY 125 IN EXTREME NORTHEAST LEA COUNTY...ALONG HIGHWAY


  380...5 MILES WEST OF GLADIOLA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL 


  CONTINUE ACROSS THE COUNTY THROUGH MIDNIGHT AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL


  WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. 





* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOBBS...TATUM...


  MCDONALD...GLADIOLA...CROSSROADS AND EUNICE





FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW


WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE


ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.





BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE


DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO


HIGHER GROUND.





TO REPORT FLOODING... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY


YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN


MIDLAND.





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


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





LAT...LON 3208 10372 3206 10310 3352 10307 3353 10367





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