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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

535 AM MDT WED MAY 2 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 930 AM MDT



* AT 532 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF LEA COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL

  ESTIMATES INDICATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER RURAL

  LOCATIONS ABOUT 17 MILES WEST OF MCDONALD. IN ADDITION...1 TO 2

  INCH PER HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM MOST OF THE 

  STORMS CURRENTLY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH OVER THE COUNTY. 



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

  MCDONALD...LOVINGTON...GLADIOLA...CROSSROADS AND BRONCO



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.



MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS

DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED

ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO 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 3203 10370 3202 10309 3270 10308 3354 10307

      3354 10369 3297 10369 3293 10377 3255 10377

      3254 10367



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