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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1137 PM MDT FRI MAY 25 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 330 AM MDT



* AT 1136 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS

  NORTHERN EDDY COUNTY ALONG AND NEAR HIGHWAY 82 FROM 5 MILES EAST

  OF ARTESIA TO NEAR LOCO HILLS...INCLUDING THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY

  82 AND STATE HIGHWAY 360. AT 1115 PM MDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED 1.8

  INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN 45 MINUTES...2 MILES WEST OF LOCO HILLS.

  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING



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

  HIGHWAY 82 FROM 5 MILES EAST OF ARTESIA TO LOCO HILLS...

  THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 82 AND STATE HIGHWAY 360.



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.



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 3295 10428 3295 10390 3276 10390 3269 10434



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