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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

445 PM MDT FRI SEP 1 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 745 PM MDT



* AT 440 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG STATE ROUTE 176 AND 

ROUTE 62/180 EAST OF CARLSBAD.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO 

DEVELOP WESTWARD TOWARD THE CARLSBAD AREA DURING THE EVENING.  

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO BUILD NORTHWARD TOWARD THE 

ARTESIA AREA DURING THE EVENING.



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

  RIVERS...LOCO HILLS...LAKEWOOD...COTTONWOOD...DAYTON...AVALON...

  ATOKA AND ARTESIA



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL

FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



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

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

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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.



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

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



LAT...LON 3202 10446 3202 10373 3252 10371 3251 10381

      3293 10381 3294 10446



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