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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

259 AM MDT WED MAY 2 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 600 AM MDT



* AT 254 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH OVER MUCH OF

  NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED 1 TO

  2 INCH TOTALS IN THESE AREAS...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS

  UP TO AN INCH LIKELY. 



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. 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 3223 10483 3224 10430 3227 10410 3255 10399

      3296 10398 3295 10481



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