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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

312 PM MDT SUN AUG 20 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 615 PM MDT



* AT 307 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST DETECTED    

  THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH      

  FLOODING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RURAL      

  AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 31 EAST OF CARLSBAD...MALAGA...LOVING...OTIS   

  AND CARLSBAD.



THIS AREA HAS RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS THE LAST FEW DAYS AND RUNOFF IS 

EXPECTED TO BE GENERATED QUICKLY PRODUCING FLOODING AND FLASH 

FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO OR VERY 

NEAR CARLSBAD INCREASING THE THREAT OF URBAN FLOODING THROUGH 5 PM.



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

CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS POSSIBLE. 



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 3206 10457 3206 10375 3294 10386 3293 10478



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